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Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 09 Feb 2016, 12:27
by remlap12
We have a lot of preserved specimens that have seen much better days!
They are all in 50/50 metho and water.
My H.T. wants me to get rid of them.......what should I do with all the dead bodies?????
There's rats, snakes, frogs and all sorts of "bugs".
Thanks in anticipation.......
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 09 Feb 2016, 13:26
by Labbie
Where are you in NSW?
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 07:58
by remlap12
We're in Lake Macquarie, Labbie
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 08:34
by AnnNos
Ours were collected with the chemical pick-up.
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 08:47
by melsid
I'd love to think you could build a bonfire & burn them.
It would be fun, but not allowed...
Mel
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 09:11
by fibreweb
Check your local Waste disposal. Small dead animals can be taken to the Tamworth Regional Waste centre for a $17 fee.
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 09:13
by Merilyn1
melsid wrote:I'd love to think you could build a bonfire & burn them.
It would be fun, but not allowed...
Mel
Oh, but the smell! Best to be up-wind of that one
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 10 Feb 2016, 09:40
by remlap12
melsid wrote:I'd love to think you could build a bonfire & burn them.
It would be fun, but not allowed...
Mel
Oh yes that does sound like fun!
JOKING!
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 11 Feb 2016, 07:03
by bigmack
Hmmm wounder what they do in the AG plot when they find a dead chicken . .......probably bury it .
I seriously doubt they take it to the local waste station and pay to get ride of it.
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 11 Feb 2016, 07:06
by Merilyn1
I went to a boarding school, but I was a day student. The joke at school was that any animal found dead, or leftovers from dissections, went to the boarders' dining room. The food didn't have a good reputation.
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 11 Feb 2016, 08:13
by melsid
Our neighbour is a farmer, and he disposes of small dead animals on a handy ants nest.
Not sure how they'd go with the ethanol.
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 11 Feb 2016, 10:01
by remlap12
mmmm might find me digging little graves around the property!!!!
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 22 Feb 2016, 08:52
by J
I rang the local council and they were happy to take them off our hands. No charge!!
The HT drove them (a car boot full of very smelly old yucky unspeakable things)
and the blokes at the recycling centre were fascinated and wanted to put them on display.
There's no accounting for taste!!
Re: Disposal of animal specimens
Posted: 22 Feb 2016, 14:35
by bigmack
I could believe that at either Dorrigo or Religh Tip