Funeral home attacked for recycling efforts

It really disturbs me when a business tries to conserve resources by careful recyling and is vilified for its efforts. The following article appeared in the 12 May edition of This Week The Best of the British and Foreign Media:

A Scottish funeral home has come under fire for using the ashes of cremated bodies to grit the pavement in icy conditions. Staff at Co-op Funeralcare in Dunfermline say that the ashes were also used to increase the traction on the wheelchair-access ramp.

This attack also makes things more difficult for disabled folks.

Or, how about this from Sudan?

Rose, the goat who found international fame after being forced into marriage with a Sudanese man, has died. Last year village elders in Juba, southern Sudan order Charles Tombe to marry Rose after he was caught "engaged in indecorous behaviour" with the animal. The marriage was cut tragically short this month when Rose swallowed a plastic bag as she scavenged for food. She is survived by one kid.

You couldn't make this stuff up.