(NaturalNews) Ringo Starr, the famous British musician and former
drummer for The Beatles, once stated, "Everything government touches
turns to crap." Little did he know that the American government would
one day become a literal embodiment of this quote, most recently in
Louisiana where busybody bureaucrats decided to not only decimate a
notable charity program that feeds the needy, but also force the
destruction of $8,000 worth of perfectly healthy venison meat in the
process.
The Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission (SBRM) in
Louisiana has been serving specially-prepared venison, or deer meat, to
hungry folks throughout the region for many years. The state's deer
management program actually encourages hunters to donate their extra
venison to this and other non-profit endeavors, as deer meat is high in
protein, full of nutrients and best of all, clean and untainted by
concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).
The program has
been so successful, in fact, that many state representatives routinely
donate money and other resources to the deer processors that volunteer
their own time and resources to prepare the meat and ensure its safety
before shipping it out to local food kitchens like SBRM. What better way
to salvage all that deer meat that would otherwise go to waste as a
result of deer population control than to donate it to people with no
other food to eat?
The Louisiana Department of Health &
Hospitals (DHH), however, has a different opinion on the matter. After
catching wind of the program, DHH took swift action to completely
destroy it, claiming it violates state law. Even though SBRM receives
absolutely no funding or support from the state, DHH basically assumed
the authority to declare that serving venison to hungry people in need
is off limits.
According to officials from DHH, deer meat is
apparently "not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any
other public eating establishment in Louisiana."
So, without a second thought, the soulless agency swooped in like a
vulture and demanded that the program end immediately. DHH even went so
far as to declare that the 1,600 pounds of deer meat in SBRM's
possession be immediately thrown into a dumpster, and have bleach poured
all over it in order to ensure that nobody ate it.
"Hunters are
going nuts over [this]," Richard Campbell, one of the founders of the
group Hunters for the Hungry, a non-profit that has been donating wild
game to shelters since 1993, is quoted as saying by Fox News. "It's created an outrage across our state and even over into Mississippi."
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