Recycled Deer

After pursuing the op-ed section of the New York Times, I found an article that I believe is appropriate for my argument of fact essay. The article is an opinion titled “Deer Redeemed” and it is about recycling the road kill and turning it into compost.

This article interests me, because it presents a clever idea to clean up an otherwise gruesome topic. This is also interesting to me, because I am a vegetarian, and while I am against wasting our resources on huge herds of domesticated animals just to eat them, I do like the idea of putting the dead animal’s wasted body to good use. ‘Ashes to ashes’ is a phrase that came to mind while reading this article.

This is a research friendly article because not only can statistics be found on how many deer are killed by automobiles, information regarding how much money can be saved by the county when it makes it’s own compost is also something that can be found. I can also research the problems that can be avoided, such as the spread of diseases and scavenging, by recycling our road kill.

I do believe that it is a good idea to not waste our resources and recycle, but I don’t think that it is a particularly important article. It doesn’t rate up there with alternatives to fossil fuels or the solution to world peace, but it is a good idea that is worth being considered. People should care what I research, because it would solve a lot of problems everyone has seen while driving, and it would also help beautify people’s lives.