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Author: RemoRemo Date: Jan 24, 2008 06:27
I love the last line.
Remo
EPA backs off toxic squirrel advisory
U.S. environmental officials have withdrawn a warning that
squirrels in an area of New Jersey were toxic, an
announcement that had thrown hunters for a loop. Never mind
what we said earlier, the Environmental Protection Agency
said this week, it's OK to shoot and eat squirrels from the
Ringwood area, The New York Post reported Thursday. At first
it appeared the critters were toxic because of a nearby
Superfund site, but samples from the tested squirrels were
botched, the agency said. However, state Department of
Health officials were reviewing the latest EPA advisory and
will decide whether they'll lift the wild-animal consumption
warning issued in January, said spokesman Tom Slater.
Roger DeGroat, a New Jersey squirrel hunter, says he may be
a little more hesitant about eating squirrel because of the
mixed messages. But he likes squirrel
-- and says it doesn't
taste like chicken. "I can't say it tastes like chicken.
I can't say it tastes like turkey," DeGroat said. "It tastes
a lot like squirrel."
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