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Roadkill composting facility planned for Oregon
11:12 AM PDT on Saturday, September 13, 2008
HEPPNER, Ore. (AP) -- Roadkill: It isn't just for dinner anymore.
A new roadkill compost center near Heppner will assure that many deer, cattle and other animals killed along Eastern Oregon highways won't simply decompose in a ditch. Instead, it will become productive compost.
The Morrow County Planning Commission has approved a conditional use permit for a composting facility.
Officials say roadside carcasses are becoming a larger problem as Oregon's population grows, and that roadkill attracts scavengers such as coyotes, which bother farmers and boost the likelihood of more roadkill.
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