Loads of Fresh Snow Les Arcs 1/6/2011

I don't know about the French rules, but here in the U.K. we haven't been allowed to bury or burn animal carcasses on our own land since 2003. We have to pay to have them incinerated at specially licensed sites, or else take them to licensed kennels for dog food. And since France is also in the EU I would expect the same rules to apply.

http://business.wales.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=1086962522&r.i=1086961703&r.l1=1079068363&r.l2=1086048413&r.l3=1086961307&r.s=sc&r.t=RESOURCES&site=230&type=RESOURCES

In the old days, if something like this happened (the sheep dying in the snow), one used to be able to get the vet to visit and certificate the carcasses as fit for human consumption and then they went off to the slaughter house and the butchers. But since BSE etc. the rules have got much tighter.

If farmers don't stick to the rules they can be prosecuted.

Ally

Who is to say that a few could not be found, it's not like they are penned up in fields!
Have you never seen dead livestock while you've been walking in the mountains?