Posted By Incolumitas Pheasant and hare should be hung for at least 14 days, otherwise it will be rather tough. Merv should be able to provide some best practice on how to prepare the kill, like the best red wine for the marinade.

Posted By Jeffrey Watt Don't handle, use tools (shovel and tongs)to double bag the flattened fauna. Disposed of in bag into RCV, goes to landfill, no flowers by request of the family. Large animals e.g. cows require a specialist site for disposal. Game requires hanging due to the oxygen transfer protein being myoglobin rather than haemoglobin in the muscles of some game. Myoglobin hangs onto oxygen for longer than haemoglobin so that sustained flight can occur with less oxygen requirement; grouse "lean burn" technology if you will. Kind regards Jeff

Posted By Antony McManus Thanks Jeff

Posted By andymak As Jeff says do not handle, always ensure appropriate gloves etc, have been provided to prevent disease. However that said perhaps the bigger risk factor could well be moving traffic, ensuring that effective protection of the workforce from moving traffic is essential to prevent the individuals collecting road kill from becoming it themselves! Signage, coning off, Hi-vis clothing, ensuring their vehicle is behind rather than in front of them are all things that should be considered in the mapping out of a process for this job, and traffic should rate highly on the risk factors in the associated RA. As for uses of road kill, my dog loves it and it saves a fortune on her feed bill!

Posted By Incolumitas Sorry if you were offended by a bit of light hearted fun. Your posting was slipping off the bottom of the page unanswered. I had nothing to contribute but by going back to the top you picked up a wider Monday audience and a few more serious answers. However, I do now have a comment. I understand that the drum maker was using imported East European skins, and the anthrax came from one of those, not a Scottish badger. The biggest health problem with badgers is that they carry TB. So respiratory protection is probably indicated if disposing of a squashed dead badger.

Posted By Antony McManus Jim, nothing wrong with writing something funny.....let me know when you do. Joking aside, Like most others who use the forums, we do so because we can't locate the info we require or we request the advice of someone more knowledgeable. If people just make 'joke' comments about serious issues then surely it will undermine people’s confidence in using the forums. As an example, what if a person was new to working in H & S and I sought advice with a question on the forums. How do think that person would react if their first ‘request’ for info was met with a tirade of ‘p***taking’ by their ‘more learned peers’? I don’t think they’d ask a question again…….We, in our industry, should remember this…… Right, that’s my rant over for the day. Thanks all for the help. Had a look at then Swan recipes and maybe they’d work better with some Oregano and crushed Phenol, what d’ya think?

Posted By Jeffrey Watt or even "hydrocarbon". The gods conspire against this fool once again.

Posted By the badger Hi Did someone call? Are we talking badgers? Back to Anthony's question: These roving refuse collectors do an excellent job. We could not be without them. Given the range of objects and substances which they have to collect, I suspect that most road kill will come at the lower end of the scale of risk. There are limited range of precautions which can be taken by people doing this task. I think Anthony would find it helpful if the ones needed for road kill were identified along with the reasons why they are necessary. Try working with this list: 1) Gloves - standard issue 2) Disposable gloves 3) Coveralls 4) Disposable coveralls 5) Hi-vis jacket 6) Safety boots - standard issue 7) Wellington boots 8) Eye protection 9) Face protection 10) Disposable respirator 11) Shovel and some sort of stick 12) Bag (road kill for the containing of) I would be happy to do the job with 1, 3, 5, 6, 11 and 12 with the proviso that I would inform my supervisor about anything which I felt was too heavy to pick up. I'll say again, I feel that road kill is pretty low risk compared with some of the other stuff those carrying out this essential task have to collect. Anyone care to comment?