Kibbles N Bits

I'm a control freak

 
No, tell me that's not true.[]

I mentioned that before regarding the rumor (spurious gossip lacking actual evidence) of roadkill in food. I've seen a few roadkills. They usually lay there forever, around here, until they are flattened grease spot, or the birds pick them. I haven't seen suspicious people in non-descript trucks driving around scooping up roadkill for pet food and I don't see how they could make any money, especially with gas prices being what they are. But such a rumor serves well in some paradigms.
 

I have seen people scraping up roadkill, but there's a section of highway near here where it's not uncommon to have 3 deer hit a night, so whoever picks up the deer picks up everything else too, at least on that road. Anyway, a quick Google for 'disposing roadkill' turned up [linkhttp://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/06jul/02.htm]this[/link], from the Federal Highway Administration, Aug 2006:

Traditional methods including "natural" disposal by offroad decomposition, pit burial, rendering into feed for domestic animals, and landfill disposal may be slowly being replaced by an environmentally and aesthetically preferable approach that entails composting the deer carcasses with wood chips.

  There's a place called Wolf Park about 20 miles from here; they pick up road killed deer to feed the wolves. When they feed them they cut open the belly area to encourage the wolves to eat while people are watching.

Same in my area, fresh killed deer or moose are called into the game wardens who in turn pick up and take to the zoo for food.  We also have a man who goes around and picks up road kill and eats it himself.....ewwwww
 
 

In Tennessee, you can keep your own roadkill. There's even a restaraunt called the Roadkill Cafe where you can bring your vittles.
 
BTW, according to hunters that I know personally, average yield of a 200 lb buck is about 40 lbs of meat that humans eat, including backstrap, skirt, sirloin, etc.
 
Is it possible because the feds, at one time, allowed it? Sure. It could happen even if they didn't allow it. At least, with roadkill, you don't have to worry about pesky ole pentobarbitol. Roadkill is a modern, natural way to die. It's usually quicker than starvation, disease, non-fatal injury, or predation from other animals besides Man.
 
So, let's all get out there and scoop up Fluffy. And sell it. It's the American Way.[]
 
Actually, I could probably scrape up a doggy remain and take it to the meat plant in Muenster, Texas and they would prevent me from walking in with it because the health inspector that works there would probably not allow roadkill, even though they do make some pet food there, as well.

A few years back my son hit and killed a Deer on his way to a basketball game (which he was playing in) and two police cars came, from two different cities as our street was the dividing line of both cities...the cops were practically arguing over which one of them would take the deer home since my son didn't want it.

Hubby wanted the one he hit and killed, but the highway patrol said no, he couldn't keep it.  It would be donated to a needy family.  He tried to tell them we were a needy family, but they wouldn't listen.  he said he wouldn't be surprised if the officer himself didn't keep it.

In Tennessee, you can keep your own roadkill. There's even a restaraunt called the Roadkill Cafe where you can bring your vittles.

While that's true, all of us backward, uneducated Tennesseeans is thankful that them there Texans learned us how to be so resourceful with runned over critters.

ORIGINAL: ron2

Is it possible because the feds, at one time, allowed it?

Um, it was just last month that they called it a traditional method of disposal, and said those methods may be being slowly replaced. So it's a pretty good bet that there is still roadkill going into some foods.

In Oklahoma nobody gets to keep their roadkill, unless they just take it without involving the police. A friend hit a deer, during deer season, and didn't kill it, but it was severely injured. I went to pick him up from the accident site and the cops finally shot the deer and called "the proper authorities" to come and get it. My friend asked if he could have the deer, but they said it was illegal. The proper authorities were some guys in an unmarked white box truck; don't know where they went with it.

Besides, in my experience, a lot of people don't call the police when they hit one, because there always seems to be carcasses laying by the road, sometimes for several days until "the proper authorities" come and collect them. So they wouldn#%92t be fresh enough to do anything else with.

That's interesting but certainly beauracratic. A former co-worker from Oklahoma had mentioned how the state was asking hunters to please harvest the old does that don't produce fawns anymore, in order to limit herd size, conserve resources, and thereby strengthen the herd. Yet, they won't let you keep a roadkill. Although, I think roadkill deer should be taken to wolf refuges and rehabs.

A friend hit a deer, during deer season, and didn't kill it, but it was severely injured. I went to pick him up from the accident site

 
What were you going to do with an injured deer?????

Ok, guess that's what I get for not being fully awake before posting. I went to pick up my friend - it wiped out the front of his truck. But, if they would have let us take the deer, it wasn't mangled - but it wasn't going to live - we probably would have put it out of its misery and taken it to the place we take our hunted deer for processing.

lol, I hear ya Kelly [] 

ORIGINAL: Roxie865

In Tennessee, you can keep your own roadkill. There's even a restaraunt called the Roadkill Cafe where you can bring your vittles.

While that's true, all of us backward, uneducated Tennesseeans is thankful that them there Texans learned us how to be so resourceful with runned over critters.

 
 
Ok I have to comment on this, It is not true..... LOL
There are places called " Roadkill Cafe" none currently in Tennessee and they dont serve roadkill, but hamburgers and hot wings not your own "vittles".
 
Have to say of all the redneck jokes I have heard about Tennessee this was a first. LOL