<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jthorn65@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:jthorn65@sbcglobal.net">jthorn65@sbcglobal.net</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:36 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] They are not like you and I...</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>> >  The game laws read about the same in the US, although<BR>> >in most rural places "roadkill" meat is either donated to charity or<BR>> >returned to the finder after proper reports are filed.<BR>> ><BR>> >Usually the former.<BR>> <BR>> Really? Here, roadkill is usually left on the road to be eaten by <BR>> Devils, hawks, crows and other scavengers. I only bothered to stop <BR>> for that deer because it happened to run into the side of my car and <BR>> break its neck, without much damage. No-one would bother if it had <BR>> been a wallaby, it would have just been left there for the devils.<BR>> <BR>> People over there actually get out and collect the carcass, then file <BR>> official reports? Are you serious? That's a little bit scary. Tell me <BR>> you're making it up.<BR>> <BR>> Bill Bartlett<BR>> Bracknell Tas<BR><BR>This is an extreme exaggeration. Large animals (mostly deer) that are road kill are quite <BR>frequently eaten by people but most roadkill are eaten by scavengers. In many places deer or <BR>occasionally other large animals are given to charities but, while not uncommon, it is hardly <BR>the norm. Survey county prisons in the US and you will find less than 15% feed roadkill to <BR>inmates. Most roadkill is small and not worth the bother. If someone hits a deer it will in all <BR>probability be eaten but almost all opossums or groundhogs are left alone or occasionally <BR>picked up by county or municipal services for disposal. People hit elk and moose and other <BR>game animals that are then frequently eaten too. I have a feeling if there were kangaroos or <BR>wallabys here many of them would be consumed after being hit but obviously this is guessing.<BR><BR>Now I get to tell a related personal anecdote. A friend, Todd, was driving to his new home in <BR>the far flung suburbs about 35 miles from where he works. It was property once owned by my <BR>SO's family as a working farm but that's a different story. Anyway on his way home at dusk <BR>this strict vegetarian friend and his son hit a deer. It was not killed but broke its legs. A local <BR>person in a pickup pulled up behind only seconds later to see what had happened. He took his <BR>rifle out and shot the deer and asked Todd if he wanted it himself or if he could take it. Todd, <BR>was telling some of us this story and he commented how nice this guy was to put the animal <BR>out of its misery and even put it in the back of his pick-up so he could put it in the local landfill <BR>and save Todd the trouble of disposing of it. You can imagine the hysterical laughter this <BR>prompted. It took a bit of convincing before he believed this guy was going to eat it. He just <BR>couldn't imagine why anyone would do that.<BR><BR>John Thornton<BR>~~</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That's "country"... Most places, if you strap a deer to the hood of your car</DIV> <DIV>anymore it's probably considered a national security risk...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Leigh</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>