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Roadkill to Become Fair Game in Virginia (www.loweringthebar.net)
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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Here's the meat of the article

If HB 1025 passes, it would expand the list of claimable dead animals to include turkeys and elk, and would expand the list of claimants to include not just the driver but anyone who might come along and discover the corpse. Specifically, any person “who discovers a deer, bear, turkey or elk that has been killed in a collision with a motor vehicle” could make the claim...

I see no problem with this. Why waste food?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Probably people picking up meat that has spoiled/not knowing what to do with it, and getting sick. @BirdEnjoyer said a friend of theirs has to unironically tell people not to pick up anything they didn’t hit themselves.

    I agree with the sentiment though, good food shouldn’t go to waste.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are we going to ignore the following:

    keep the deer or bear for his own use as if the animal had been killed by that person during hunting season for the animal.” Va. Code § 29.1-539. “Compliance” means that the driver must immediately report the accident, whereupon an officer “shall view the deer or bear” to ensure that it was an accident. If the officer is satisfied, he or she may award the deer or bear to said driver.

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