Halakhah for Beitzah 3:5

בְּהֵמָה שֶׁמֵּתָה, לֹא יְזִיזֶנָּה מִמְּקוֹמָהּ. וּמַעֲשֶׂה וְשָׁאֲלוּ אֶת רַבִּי טַרְפוֹן עָלֶיהָ וְעַל הַחַלָּה שֶׁנִּטְמְאָה, וְנִכְנַס לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ וְשָׁאַל, וְאָמְרוּ לוֹ, לֹא יְזִיזֵם מִמְּקוֹמָם:

A beast that died (on yom tov) may not be moved from its place. [A beast of kodshim (dedicated to the Temple) is referred to, as indicated by "and about challah that became unclean" (below). Benefit may not be derived from a beast of kodshim that died, and it must be buried, for which reason it may not be moved from its spot (on yom tov). But a beast of chullin (non-dedicated) may be cut up for the dogs. And this, when it was seen to be dying the day before, so that one's mind was on it. But if not, a beast of chullin, too, may not be moved from its spot.] And once they asked R. Tarfon about this and about challah that became unclean, and he went into the house of study and asked. And they said to him: They may not be moved from their place. [Challah that became unclean is not fit for a Cohein on yom tov, neither for kindling nor for feeding to his dog. For kodshim may not be destroyed on yom tov, even by feeing to a beast, it being a Scriptural decree that kodshim which became unclean may not be removed from the world on yom tov.]

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