The reason meat is usually on the no-no list is that it can putrefy, smell bad and attract 'vectors' (undesirable critters from flies to bears).
Nonetheless it can be composted. Doing a google search for 'on farm mortality composting' will get you some interesting hits. Critters decompose, but need some extra attention to avoid problems. Frank Teuton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacey Elin Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:05 AM Subject: Re: Cats in compost > The reason I found it unusual is that I have read in > many places that meat (I suppose they meant cooked > meat) should *not* be composted. > > I'm not quite sure why this advice was given. > > > > > Sure, waste not want not! That is along with snakes, > > rats, fish heads, > > oyster shells, prawn heads, lobster shells, egg > > shells, telephone > > directories, newspapers, junk mail and anything else > > that is available. > > > > Cats are a very serious feral animal here. Most > > Permaculture properties > > have a cat trap. Should I ever get off my back side > > and write the book > > on caring for the land I am pressed to do, I may > > call it "One hundred > > and one ways to compost a cat". > > > > Gil > > > > Stacey Elin Rossi wrote: > > > > > Do I have this right, Gil? You put an occassional > > > dead cat in your compost??? > > > > > ===== > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > Stacey Elin Rossi > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://zip.to/anaserene > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! News - Today's headlines > http://news.yahoo.com >
