ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,536, issued on Nov. 3.

"Dead livestock collection system" was invented by David Codina Relats (Barcelona, Spain) and Ramon Roca Enrich (Agramunt, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a dead livestock collection system comprising: a container located at a collection site close to a delimiting perimeter of a farm; a collection vehicle having a collection box with a top opening; a loading mechanism of the collection vehicle for grasping the container, lift and tip it to unload the dead livestock into the collection box; wherein the collection site has an inner access side, through which the container is ac...