The controversial plan to rewild death

The next spring that spot was noticeably greener than the surroundings. It probably helped a few more coyotes survive. I don't doubt that the corpse benefited the environment, but what an unholy stench and horror show in the meantime. It's hard to imagine people tolerating that process within smelling distance.

>The sudden collapse of the natural animal disposal system in India has had multiple consequences. The carcasses formerly eaten by vultures rot in village fields leading to contaminated drinking water. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and feral dog populations to grow. These newly abundant scavengers are not as efficient as vultures. A vulture's metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens.