Got Roadkill? Now There's an App for That
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Thanks to record meat prices, a growing number of reports suggest Americans may have to eat less animal protein. Imagine, though, if an app existed that could help you locate free, fresh, tasty, and sustainable meat near you...
In my 2016 book Biting the Hands that Feed Us:
I note that a growing number of states had embraced the benefits of harvesting roadkill.
Seventeen states then allowed the harvesting of roadkill... that number has continued to grow, with at least 30 states now allowing the harvesting of roadkill—with Wyoming one of the latest to do so.
The state's app facilitates legally harvesting animals—from bison to turkey and deer—that were accidentally killed on roadways.
The new tool isn't a standalone roadkill app. Rather, the roadkill feature... works similarly to how apps like Google Maps or Waze do when it comes to reporting speed traps;
Despite these benefits, there's some pushback... But... fears … that allowing the harvesting of roadkill will spur drivers to run down animals intentionally with their cars are somewhere between overblown and fantastical...
America's roads are already littered annually with millions of animal carcasses.
