“Roadkill bill” almost law in Montana
Posted Feb 28, 2013 6:56 am.
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Forget a stop at the grocery store; you can just pick up some dinner on the drive home.
A new bill in Montana, nicknamed the “roadkill bill,” is just a vote away from becoming law in the senate.
The law would mean anyone who kills deer, elk, moose and antelope on the state’s highways can legally bring home the carcass to eat.
Montana state rep Steve Lavin tells reporters, “there’s a lot of good meat being wasted out there.”
The Calgary Sun reports in 2011, more than 7,000 dead animals were collected along roadsides.
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