16 elk killed after haystack collapses

Coeur d’Alene Press ^ | April 13, 2020 | Anonymous

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Sixteen elk died sometime during the winter at an eastern Idaho wildlife management area when a stack of hay containing 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bales collapsed and fell, crushing some of the elk and causing others to be trampled to death.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game said Saturday that it appears the elk broke through a high fence and ate at the bottom of the haystack, causing it to collapse.

The haystack is on the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area about 15 miles east of Idaho Falls.

Fish and Game officials investigated after receiving a report from a concerned citizen.

The hay was leftover from an emergency feeding of elk in 2016 following a large wildfire that destroyed the elk's usual forage.

Fish and Game said they plan to remove the remaining hay this summer.

The elk carcasses were removed from the site and left for scavengers.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. That must have been one huge pile of hay bales.

[ClearCase_guy]

Trump’s fault.

[Magnum44]

The elk carcasses were removed from the site and left for scavengers.

Wish we could do that with a few dem senators, congressmen, and governors

[ptsal]

Livestock management failure.

Please send the wildlife boys, girls, and gender-whatevers over to the Animal Science Dept. for a lesson in winter feeding practices.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

A co-worker had one of those huge bails of hay fall on him. It tore him up real bad. He was never the same after.

Large “square” bales also vary in size, weight, and relative value. They typically come in three sizes: 3’ × 3’ × 8’, 3’ × 4’ × 8’, or 4’ × 4’ × 8’. Assuming the same density used for the round bale example, large “square” bales would range from 807 to 1,435 pounds.

[BradyLS]

16 elk? Elk can be YUGE!

[rfp1234]

Evolution in action.

Next time, make the hay bales round.

[nesnah]

Screams from the left for detailed haystack erection regulations in 3...2...1...

[vladimir998]

Yes, but did they die of COVID-19?

[SaveFerris]

It was caused by Global Warming, which increased by 10 billion percent after President Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords, causing Earthquakes which shook the bales onto the elk who had already been weakened by Covid-19 and were looking for safe spaces to protect themselves from "Trump 2020" bumper stickers and MAGA hats supplied by the Russians.

Anyone who denies this is a science-denier and an obvious Russian troll!

Do not doubt me. I have already run the calculations through the DNC computers 666 times.

[Rebelbase]

The danger of feeding at the state trough.

[PeteB570]

If it saves just one elk....

Just kidding

[Mercat]

A friend of mine fell off a large pile of square bales and broke several bones. He says he’s lucky it didn’t kill him.

[tomkat]

Yikes .. we're gonna need a bigger freezer !

[Osage Orange]

HA!!!

Yep!!!

[gnarledmaw]

Because only government can save endangered animals.

Just be happy it was Idahos failure. Had this been a UN program, 16000 would have somehow been lost and half the state would be turned into a wilderness habitat for the remaining 2.

[Bartholomew Roberts]

One of the elks sneezed before the bales collapsed so all the deaths were attributable to CoronaVirus.

[Dr. Sivana]

It was caused by Global Warming, which increased by 10 billion percent after President Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords, causing Earthquakes which shook the bales onto the elk who had already been weakened by Covid-19 and were looking for safe spaces to protect themselves from "Trump 2020" bumper stickers and MAGA hats supplied by the Russians.

That's only part of the story. You are leaving out fracking's contribution to the earthquakes.

[circlecity]

Awwwww, that’s a real shame.

[bramps]

They died doing what they loved.