October 12, 2007

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By JJ HERMES

Something's rotten in the state of New York, and researchers at Cornell University's Waste Management Institute intend to keep it that way.

Faced with tens of thousands of deer that are hit by automobiles in the state each year, Cornell researchers are promoting an economical and environmentally friendly way to handle the carcasses: composting.

"We have conducted some fairly gory research in which we set up some research piles here at Cornell," says Ellen Z. Harrison, director