Passport to Texas

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You may have heard about the flap that transpired after a Fort Worth reporter ran a story about a Pflugerville man who blogged about cooking and eating a white wing dove that died after flying into the side of his home.

04— This is highly unusual. This is not something I do…ever, actually.

Food blogger, Ryan Adams, did this time; it was dove season, and he says he doesn’t waste food. Parks and wildlife learned of Adams’ dove dinner via the reporter…and when the story went viral, Adams contacted the agency to make things right, and that’s when officials told him he’d broken the law.

06 – The subject was educated and it was over for everybody except the people who decided to make something out of nothing.

There was no investigation and no citation. Officer Scott Vaca, Assistant Chief of Wildlife Enforcement says to only harvest game in season by legal means and methods. In addition to being illegal, possessing and eating road kill or other “found” game is potentially unsafe.

22 – Road kill animals could have been there for awhile and may not be edible. They could be badly bruised by the impact of being hit by a vehicle. Also, found animals that may have run into a building or window – that’s not typical behavior for that animal. So, there could be some health issue for the animals, to being with, that would make it unsafe to consume.

Luckily Ryan’s dove was disease free and delicious.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.