Bon Appetit! Montana passes bill to legalize eating roadkill

The state of Montana has taken a new view of roadkill, namely that it's good eating.

Soon there might be no need to shove any dead deer to the side of the road, for the state is close to legalizing bringing roadkill home for dinner, according to Reuters.

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A bill passed in the state Senate on Thursday allows residents to salvage big game they have hit with their cars, including moose and elk. The governor would still need to sign the bill in order for it to become law.

Several other states permit eating roadkill, according to Reuters, including Alaska and Idaho.

Roadkill moose has been salvaged in Canada by the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, for donation to charity events, according to the St. John's Telegram. However, the province stopped making those donations in 2009 because it wasn't always clear if the dead moose were diseased.

A Senator quoted by Reuters said the Montana Food Bank Network refused to accept roadkill donations.

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No word when the first roadkill cafe will open in Montana but we've already chosen their slogan:

Roadkill cafe, you kill 'em, we grill 'em.

Today's special: flattened elk.