Roadkill are not the critters fault. Almost all vehicle vs. animal accidents are truly driver error; driving too fast for conditions, ignoring warning signs or danger areas, and outright intentional interactions. There are a very few situations where the driver was in control of his vehicle and a collision occurred (like the guy who was stopped at a stop sign and the moose ran into his passenger door). My point is this: slow down (the speed limit is the upper end of what is allowed, not the minimum speed allowed). So idiot drivers are the cause of roadkill.
Now for my next tirade... When I visited the lower 48, as a member of Uncle Sam's US Army, I saw bloated deer along the road in several states. I know of one case in Georgia where a large pig was hit and left to rot. That's wasteful!!! All that perfectly good meat. I don't know of any other State that does it quite like Alaska, but they all should... Up here when a critter is hit the Trooper Dispatch calls a 501 (c) 3 non-profit to come pick it up. Thats where I come in. I go out and recover the carcass, usually by cutting into manageable pieces of meat and a package of offal to take straight to the dump. We then cut the meat, usually I do a few roasts and make a lot of burger. Next we distribute the meat to families that can use it. Some like to say "needy" but few us are on the brink of starvation and many of us can use some help filling the freezer. The point here is we don't waste perfectly good food!
