Ignorance, it NEVER!!! ceases to amaze me how stupid some people can be.
Hunters across Louisiana are outraged after state health officials ordered a rescue mission to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because venison is not allowed to be served in homeless shelters.

The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw 1,600 pounds of donated venison in garbage bins – and then ordered then to douse the meat with Clorox – so other animals would not eat the meat.

"Deer meat is not permitted to be served in a shelter, restaurant or any other public eating establishment in Louisiana," said a Health Dept. official in an email to Fox News. "While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at the Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public."

That statement set off a firestorm among hunters and lawmakers who called it outrageous and insulting.

"That's a mild understatement," said Richard Campbell, one of the founders of Hunters for the Hungry, a group that has been donating wild game to shelters since 1993. "Hunters are going nuts over it. It's created an outrage across our state and even over into Mississippi."

The controversy started when someone being fed at the rescue mission complained about being fed deer meat.

Henry Martin, executive director of the mission, told Fox News they've been serving deer meat for years – from deer chili to deer spaghetti.

"This was really good meat," he said. "It's high in protein and low in cholesterol. It's very healthy."

Martin said he was extremely bothered by the way state health inspectors handled the situation.

"You would think we would have due process," he said. "But they meant to destroy the meat – that's for sure."

The mission's chef asked if they could at least return the meat to the processing plant – but the state officials said no.

"They actually took it out to the dumpsters, split the packages open and poured Clorox on it," Martin told Fox News.

He said the rescue mission serves 200,000 meals a year – without a single dime of assistance from the state or federal governments. As a result of the confiscation, he said as many as 3,200 meals were lost.

"It seems like this was a senseless act," he said. "I don't think hungry people who come to our mission appreciate the fact they could have been eating some really good venison and as it is now – no one can eat it."

The Health Dept. defended their actions and said they had to pour Clorox on the meat as an "extra precaution so that animals would not eat it from the dumpster and become sick or die."

"This is a process called 'denaturing,'" they stated.

Campbell said the venison comes from deer management programs – where hunters have to kill a lot of deer.

"We ask our hunters once they fill up their own freezers to give the extra to the needy," he said.

Once the deer is donated, a local processing plant prepares the meat for the shelters.

And hunters in the Sportsman's Paradise have always responded to the call – including State Rep. Jeff Thompson.

"As a hunter and somebody who has personally donated deer to this program, I'm outraged and very concerned," he told Fox News. "You hear about these stories anywhere and it's a concern – but when it happens in your own backyard it's insulting."

Thompson said he is meeting with the heads of state agencies as well as state lawmakers to make sure the rules are changed.

"We take pride in helping our neighbors and to see thousands of dollars worth of meat that would help the hungry go to waste is absolutely disturbing to me," he said.

Thompson said at the very least the meat should have been returned to those who donated it.

"We want to make sure the generosity of hunters and processors are honored and the hungry are provided with the food they are very much in need of," the lawmaker added.

A fine example of is this government adiministration .

http://www.northcarolinasportsman.com/lpca/index.php?section=reports&event=view&action=full_report&style=classic&id=169853#.UTXtOFdp7JY

Quote from: The Stranger on March 05, 2013, 05:08:17 AM
The controversy started when someone being fed at the rescue mission complained about being fed deer meat.

This is the part that just blows my mind.  I guess this person who complained would rather just go hungry.  I just can not believe that someone had the balls to complain about a handout. 

This story has already had a local affect here in WNC as well in that a fund raiser for Hunters For The Hungry was cancelled.

Just another example of libtard stupidity at it's best!

Quote from: Bowhntr on March 05, 2013, 05:28:29 AM
This is the part that just blows my mind.  I guess this person who complained would rather just go hungry.  I just can not believe that someone had the balls to complain about a handout. 

This story has already had a local affect here in WNC as well in that a fund raiser for Hunters For The Hungry was cancelled.

Just another example of libtard stupidity at it's best!

I find it quite interesting that the shelter receives no state funds to operate, and all of the sudden, an unnamed person starts complaining and the state comes to the rescue. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but this has setup written all over it.

I will say that this story will make me rethink about the next time I might donate a deer to HFTH.

Quote from: Hindes204 on March 05, 2013, 05:35:20 AM
I find it quite interesting that the shelter receives no state funds to operate, and all of the sudden, an unnamed person starts complaining and the state comes to the rescue. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist, but this has setup written all over it.

Excellent point, I read this story last week and all I could do was shake my head at these idiot PC freaks for falling for this.
But you raise a good point, it really does appear to be a setup by Gig Brother.

It is amazing the damage just a few libs can do. NW LA is very conservative, nothing like NOLA. Lib thinking is not something I can relate to in any manner.

Quote from: supsalemgr on March 05, 2013, 06:33:51 AM
It is amazing the damage just a few libs can do. NW LA is very conservative, nothing like NOLA. Lib thinking is not something I can relate to in any manner.

Libs learned long ago how to use our laws against us, and convince the ignorant amongst us it's in their best interest.

Quote from: Solar on March 05, 2013, 06:47:27 AM
Libs learned long ago how to use our laws against us, and convince the ignorant amongst us it's in their best interest.

Louisiana:  Govenor-Republican
                 House-Republican
                 Senate-Republican
Romney won by 17%.

Why is this a lib thing?

Quote from: Happening Now on March 05, 2013, 07:40:50 AM
Louisiana:  Govenor-Republican
                 House-Republican
                 Senate-Republican
Romney won by 17%.

Why is this a lib thing?

Seriously? What does manipulating laws have to do with the leaders of the state?
Manipulating laws is always how libs get away with the crap they inflict on communities.

Conservatives pass laws to stop the leftist agenda, it is the left always trying to make change, that's common knowledge.
Does the term progressive ring a bell? Their idea of progression is moving backward.

Quote from: Solar on March 05, 2013, 07:50:33 AM
Seriously? What does manipulating laws have to do with the leaders of the state?
Manipulating laws is always how libs get away with the crap they inflict on communities.

Conservatives pass laws to stop the leftist agenda, it is the left always trying to make change, that's common knowledge.
Does the term progressive ring a bell? Their idea of progression is moving backward.

Hey, no disagreement that it is a stupid regulation, but it is well within the power for the state to change it.  This is an issue for The Dept. of Health and Hospitals of Louisiana. 
No more, no less.

Quote from: Happening Now on March 05, 2013, 08:20:04 AM
Hey, no disagreement that it is a stupid regulation, but it is well within the power for the state to change it.  This is an issue for The Dept. of Health and Hospitals of Louisiana. 
No more, no less.

Yes, it is within their domain of power, but that doesn't mean they have to wield it like a sword.

Quote from: Solar on March 05, 2013, 08:32:28 AM
Yes, it is within their domain of power, but that doesn't mean they have to wield it like a sword.

Seriously?, you are OK with the confiscation and destruction of the venison?  You wouldn't want to change whatever regulation prohibits it?

This story makes my stomach turn. All that meat wasted. It couldn't be given to someone who could have made use of it.  After watching Ted N. on sportsman channel yesterday I have to guess he has to doing gyrations over this as he thinks it is outrageous to toss out any of the meat that comes from game he kills.  I too think it is a absolute disgrace and only kill what I will eat.

Hehe I imagine it being applied to families as well soon, it will be illegal to serve deer or fish you have caught to your children, and the end result will be you are not allowed to eat fish or game yourself unless you bought it from a corporatist wallmart style shop.

Quote from: Mountainshield on March 05, 2013, 09:24:25 AM
Hehe I imagine it being applied to families as well soon, it will be illegal to serve deer or fish you have caught to your children, and the end result will be you are not allowed to eat fish or game yourself unless you bought it from a corporatist wallmart style shop.

I enjoy fishing ..saltwater and fresh... I have always encouraged anyone who flaunts warnings to eat any fish they'd like..

If only there were some sort of regulation that could help keep contaminations out of the wildlife we eat...