IFLS: The US Forest Service Guide To Completely Obliterating A Horse With Explosives

[China]

The US Forest Service Guide To Completely Obliterating A Horse With Explosives

 

The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service has a handy guide, complete with illustrations, on how to blow up a horse. If you've ever heard the tale of a certain Oregon whale  that was splattered across a crowd of onlookers and journalists, you probably already realize this isn't a terrible idea.

 

The guide – first published in 1995 for use by Forest Service employees – explains that sometimes you just have to blow up a horse. Dead animals in recreation areas, for example, can attract bears, which could lead to a situation with even more carcasses to dispose of. 

 

Though moving the bodies of dead animals is preferable, they write, sometimes it is necessary to use explosives to get the job done, say in remote areas or hard-to-access places where removal of the animal is not possible. In these circumstances, you'd better reach for your official copy of "Obliterating Animal Carcasses With Explosives".

 

 

When urgency is not a factor, they recommend that "dispersion" – a nice way of saying "scattering parts of the corpse, rather than obliterating it" – can be acceptable. In these circumstances, Forest Service employees are recommended to "place 1 pound (0.45 kilograms) of explosives in two locations under each leg" as well as quite a few larger explosives underneath the main body and head. Before you detonate, employees are advised to remove the horseshoes, decreasing the chance of flying metal debris and increasing the odds of any other debris being horse.

 

In cases where it's not possible to get explosives underneath the carcass, they recommend laying a hell of a lot more explosives on top of the horse.

 

 

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[PleaseBlitz]

Where has this thread been my whole life?

[TradeTheBeal!]

 

[China]

 

That stretch of beach is now officially called:

 

[Destino]

Somewhere there a forest ranger that’s been waiting his whole career for a horse to drop dead in just the right spot.  

 

[justice98]

22 hours ago, PleaseBlitz said:

Where has this thread been my whole life?

 

We've been doing it wrong all this time.

[CousinsCowgirl84]

At least the horse is a good sport about being exploded.  Check out that smile.

Edited August 27, 2022 by CousinsCowgirl84

[Riggo-toni]

At least it's more humane than moving the dead horse to the Name Change thread where some people would just keep beating it.