1.   Goldilocks makes short work of it, and leaves its carcass for Mama Bear to find.

2.   The carcass was left in place.

3.   The heat may have intensified the ensuing monsoon season, which left animal carcasses across the country, breeding grounds for disease.

4.   Poachers tend to leave entire carcasses behind, Chestin said, because customs officials are more likely to discover an illegal pelt than a palm-sized gallbladder.

5.   New York City officials want to catch up with whoever gutted a young black bear and left the carcass in a Queens park.

6.   The hunters had killed an old horse and left its carcass in a ravine.

7.   The remoteness of the site meant the carcasses would be left on the beach, and it was expected wave action and natural processes would dispose of them.