Sentences with phrase «death by avalanche»

They are, instead, intent on showing how the three risk death by avalanche, by falls, and if you can bear to look at a close - up of their fingers and toes, by gangrene.

Not exact matches

The handful of earlier verses in the koran that speak of tolerance (when mohammad was weak and needed to rearm and resupply) are overwhelmed by an avalanche of later ones that carry a much different message of hate, punishment and DEATH.

The Great Pyrenees Club of America credits the Great Pyrenees with the rehabilitation of the Saint Bernard breed, which was devastated by distemper and death from avalanches in Switzerland in 1870.

Animal rights activists are up in arms about a proposed experiment which would try to better understand what factors may help people survive an avalanche — by burying pigs in snow to monitor their slow deaths.

While researchers defend their study, asserting that it could help save lives, those in opposition say that the deaths would be nothing short of cruel and senseless.The study hopes that by monitoring the buried pigs, researchers will have a better understanding the role of air pockets in surviving avalanche situations and avoiding brain damage from asphyxiation.