The U.S. Forest Service staff of Colorado’s White River National Forest have a little bit of a problem – actually a pretty big problem times six!  There are six dead bovines in a log cabin and they can’t drive a vehicle in to dispose of them because it is a protected area.  Their solution is simple, albeit gruesome.  From MSNBC.com,

But on Thursday, a crew set out with a solution: saw off the pieces and then dispose of them in nearby woods in Colorado’s White River National Forest, outside of Aspen.  … The team includes employees of the rancher whose cattle apparently got stuck in the cabin last winter and then were too packed in to get out.  They’ll be using a “Wyoming Saw” — which looks like a beefed up hacksaw.

Hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts are being asked to stay away from the area because the cows may have attracted predators to the area.

Photo by mythlady via flickr creative commons.

Country Man’s Wife just celebrated her 27th birthday. The cows reluctantly joined in – what with the blizzard and all…

I made footprint circles around the garden, intriguing the cuddled cattle around me.

I shouted out for attention, “Hello, calvies! It is I, your favorite human friend! I have returned, and it is my birthday!”

After having lived in North Dakota for four years, I admire the writer and hope she has many many more wonderful years of life on the farm … as long as she’s warm and happy!  And the cows are, too!