Monday, January 23, 2006

News from The Roanoke Times -Charity collects deer to feed hungry

News from The Roanoke Times -Charity collects deer to feed hungry: "Charity collects deer to feed hungry
Bedford County's Hunters for the Hungry distributed about 333,000 pounds of venison to food banks in 2004.

By Jay Conley
981-3114

Deer culling programs aimed at reducing the deer population in Roanoke, Salem, Bedford and Blacksburg do more than curtail deer-car collisions and reduce shrubbery casualties.

Deer collected through the programs are taken to local meat processors, and the meat, or venison, is donated to Hunters for the Hungry."

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