23 January 2008

Roadkill can work both ways

Last week the Guardian (U.K.) reported that people were placing jam sandwiches, sausage rolls, or mince pies on the highway to lure deer onto the roadway. When the deer is struck, they then "dash out and cart the carcass off to be turned into venison steaks and added to game pies."

The Guardian piece cautions re the risk of a motorcyclist skidding on a jam sandwich (?), but fails to emphasize the danger to motorists of striking a deer - well illustrated in these photos of an accidental roadkill in Minnesota...

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