eelgrass
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'Hundreds of thousands of pounds of healthy meat': California mulls bill to legalize eating roadkill
Ever struck an animal with your car and then wished you could eat it? No? Well, there's a new California bill that would let you do that, if signed into law.
Strangely, under existing California law, while it is not illegal to hit an animal with one's car, it is illegal to then eat the animal, according to the Fish and Game Code.
SB 395 would change all that.
Introduced by Sen. Bob Archuleta, D-Pico Rivera, the bill would let anyone who accidentally strikes and kills an elk, wild pig, antelope or deer with a vehicle apply for a free permit to eat the animal via a convenient online portal.
https://www.sfgate.com/outdoors/article/roadkill-eating-illegal-carcass-california-code-13634674.php
Ever struck an animal with your car and then wished you could eat it? No? Well, there's a new California bill that would let you do that, if signed into law.
Strangely, under existing California law, while it is not illegal to hit an animal with one's car, it is illegal to then eat the animal, according to the Fish and Game Code.
SB 395 would change all that.
Introduced by Sen. Bob Archuleta, D-Pico Rivera, the bill would let anyone who accidentally strikes and kills an elk, wild pig, antelope or deer with a vehicle apply for a free permit to eat the animal via a convenient online portal.
https://www.sfgate.com/outdoors/article/roadkill-eating-illegal-carcass-california-code-13634674.php
But I guess we better figure out how to feed all the undocumented citizens.
