Radioactive Boar On the Rise In Germany

Germans who go out in the woods today are sure of a big surprise, radioactive boars. A portion of the wild boar population in Germany was irradiated after the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, and the boars are thriving. In the last two years government payments to compensate hunters for radioactive boar have quadrupled. From the article: "According to the Environment Ministry in Berlin, almost €425,000 ($555,000) was paid out to hunters in 2009 in compensation for wild boar meat that was too contaminated by radiation to be sold for consumption. That total is more than four times higher than compensation payments made in 2007." I think the Germans are overlooking just how much money there is to be made from regenerating bacon.

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Re:Boar hunting

[mrmeval]

Ah lol?

In the US you cannot sell the meat radioactive or not. Our hunters are not compensated for game they cannot consume that I'm aware of. Prion testing is offered in states where it is an epidemic. I'm kind of shocked that Germany would pay squat to a hunter. I support hunting and game management by purchasing hunting licenses, buying ammo and firearms and several other supplies. I'll listen to a hunter cry in his beer about the mutant hog he couldn't eat but I'll be damned if the government should line his pockets. Sheesh the pansies.