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Re: [RC] burying a horse - DESERTRYDR1I can only speak to the laws in Benton and Franklin Counties, Washington State, as that's the only ones I have had to enforce. An animal can be buried as long as it is at least 100' from wells and surface waters, such as lakes, rivers or irrigation ditches. It has to be at least 2' above the water table, and has to have at least 2' of cover soil over it. If the animal died from disease the body has to be limed before being buried. I'm figuring that you can only bury on your own property or a property where you were given permission to do so, i.e., you can't just haul it out somewhere in the hills and bury it without permission, even though it looks like nobody owns the land, or it looks like public land. Burial is one of the few acceptable ways of dealing with a dead animal here, provided it is done properly. Another is incineration, but they don't mean just burning, they mean like cremating in a furnace. Lots of people just have them hauled off by the rendering company, because anything else is a pain and expensive. jeri =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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