Come on over for dinner

Oregon last week joined about 20 other states in allowing people to pick up roadkill and eat it. The state legislature in Salem passed — unanimously — a bill legalizing the consumption of deer and elk found on state roads as long as the people (chefs? diners?) turn over the head and antlers to wildlife officials within five business days. But other states are more flexible. Georgia, for example, allows motorists to take home bears they injure or find injured along the side of the road. An expert on wilderness survival says “there’s a tremendous amount of meat out there.” According to press reports, he added: “It’s kind of crazy, when there’s so many families that are struggling to make ends meet and kids are not getting enough nutrition, and there it is, free on the side of the road.”