By Dan Boyce
HELENA, Montana | Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:58pm EDT
(Reuters) – The Montana Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would allow residents to harvest for food big game animals like deer, elk and moose killed by vehicles.
The Senate voted 28-21 to pass the roadkill salvage bill. It has previously cleared the House, and now goes to Governor Steve Bullock, a Democrat, who has not yet indicated whether he will sign it.
Under the measure, law-enforcement officers would issue permits for the salvage of deer, elk, moose and antelope struck by vehicles in the state. Currently, road kill is either destroyed or left to rot.
“It seems like a waste,” said Representative Bill Lavin, the Republican sponsor of the bill, who is also a Montana Highway Patrolman. “This bill … would allow me to legally call the food bank or allow somebody else who requests it to take it and use it,” he said.
Under the legislation, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks would be responsible for regulating the salvage permitting process.
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