Welcome to Roadkill Art
A free app made for easily finding and reporting roadkill.
Report roadkill by marking the
location, take a picture, video and
rate the condition. Find roadkill
from the Map View page.
The history of roadkill
The car created a culture able to indulge in game meat, roadkill.
In 1899 America put it's first car on the road. In 1913 Henry Ford introduced mass production. In the 1920’s car speed was 30-40 mph, the decade creating roadkill. In the 1930’s with cars up to 50-60 mph, (pictured) big game deer, was included in the list of fallen animals. In 1950 with 152 M cars on US roads, bans to outlaw taking roadkill began. In the 1960’s cars over took hunting as the biggest demise of wildlife. Today due to legislators, animal activist and technology, roadkill bans are replaced with laws and regulations designed by each states Natural Resource Departments. US roads produce any where north of 90 million pounds of game meat for the taking annually. The Roadkill Art App list every states Roadkill Laws and Regulations, click 'the star' at the bottom of the 'Map View’ page. The only place for cumulative US updated roadkill laws.
Why do people Utilize and Consume Roadkill?
Roadkill is a good healthy Meat Source
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Game meat is packed with Omega-3. The highest proportion of Omega-3 comes from wild animals that have grown up eating grass and other vegetation. Omega-3 has been reported to offer many health benefits such as brain health helping fight depression and anxiety which improves moods, cognitive decline and symptoms of ADHD are reduced and memory is improved.
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Artist looking to craft handmade goods from leftover scraps and skins also know as taxidermist make taxidermy art from roadkill. Animals that have met an early demise are supplies for creative minds. Taxidermy is sometimes the only way we get a close look at cute critter's and wildlife. Fashion minded artist will use fur for clothing, hats and purses or dried bones for jewelry.
Roadkill supplies Soup Kitchens with Food
Roadkill is used for Making Art and Taxidermy
Roadkill supplies Soup Kitchens with Food
Fresh roadkill meat especially from big game can provide quite a few meals. Antelope, whitetail & mule deer, elk, moose, and pronghorn can be turned into tasty steaks, burgers, roast, ribs, backstraps, and stew meat. Soup Kitchen Chef's in the USA often utilize a big game roadkill for stews and meat pies in order to feed large numbers of people. Hunter's also donate deer regularly.
City, County and State Benefits
With app members retrieving roadkill government agencies will have less to remove. Cities, counties and states can redirect staff and funds to other departments. Public Works, DOT, Environmental Services, Divisions of Street Maintenance and Sanitation Departments remove roadkill. California spends $200M annually to remove roadkill. Spending on highways and roads is split between state and local governments. States provide 59% on highway and road spending while local governments provide 41%. State spending is for highways and tollways, local is on roads. Back roads where roadkill is easiest to pick up are usually under local jurisdiction.
roadkill News
Omaha Nebraska Artist Creates Sculptures with Roadkill
To properly dispose of a deer carcass in Nebraska, Omaha, one must follow the regulations per the Nebraska Revised Statute 54-2946. Often, the Sheriff can get involved in the process of keeping roads free of derbies and hazards for drivers. Nebraskans commonly see remains of deer on the roads. Looking at the remains of a dead deer may be disgusting to some, but inspiration and an endless possibility to others. Lee Emma Running an independent artist has turned roadkill into master pieces.. She creates fascinating sculptures with roadkill animal bones and skins, kiln-cast glass, and precious metals. In her sculptures are ribs and other deer bones carefully polished. Running says she has sufficient skeletons to choose from; easily finding bones on the side of roads. From there, she sterilizes the bones through heat and peroxide, and the artmaking begins.
The sculpture pictured is titled: Acts of Transformation. This entire white-tail deer hide is stretched over a handmade paper cast of my body. From inside the flayed chest of the hide, an 8-foot sheet of lacy handmade paper pulp cascades to the floor. Sections of the paper body and the paper lace are gilded with white gold.
Running was commissioned by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Iowa Arts Council to do artwork in the offices’ windows, she drew inspiration from the state’s historical society materials.
Become a Roadkill Reporter
Roadkill Art introduces a new kind of reporter, a Roadkill Reporter.
Roadkill Reporter’s with each report are providing other member’s free game meat, especially desired big game, not waisting good future venison steaks and burgers. Roadkill Art invites game meat lover’s and those who would like to become a 'Roadkill Reporter' to be a part of a unique community. The simple task of reporting roadkill in the Roadkill Art App can lead to providing American's a lot of meals, including soup kitchens giving the security there is plenty to go around. However, always pay attention to safety, be aware of on coming traffic, your safety and those with you always comes first! After 5 reports we make you an official "Roadkill Art Reporter" with a Roadkill Art tee-shirt, yes the little critter's count too!
Roadkill Reporting
Win Win Win an "I STOP FOR ROADKILL" Duffel Bag
After 5 roadkill reports in the Roadkill Art App we send you a Roadkill Art "I STOP FOR ROADKILL" blue or black duffel bag. Reporter's need tools especially a safety orange Roadkill Art tee, which you earn after 3 reports, (see the shop page). Report roadkill by clicking the orange bar at the bottom of the app map page, take a picture, 30 sec video and rate your subject. Remember to also report live animal sitings, we want to mark as many animal crossings as possible to help drivers avoid collisions.
Become a Roadkill Retriever
Check the app 'Map View' and 'List View' for fresh roadkill.
For anyone with the means to pick up roadkill, check the List View (News Feed) or the Map View. Look for a location marker near you, see the picture, watch the video and read the rating. It could be your lucky day finding a fresh 150 + pound deer within your zip code. Soup Kitchens can check the app daily to see if big game has recently been reported, Artist can check the app anytime to find smaller roadkill for taxidermy or for making fashion items like purses, hats and jewelry. Members can fill up the freezer by checking the app daily to see if a deer, elk or moose has recently been reported. The Roadkill Art App makes it easy for members to find any of the 90M lbs of roadkill reported every year on US roads.
Press Releases
The Roadkill Art App Helps Avoid Deer Collisions as Roadkill Increases due to Doe Movement
Roadkill Art “the App” will be at the Roadkill Cook Off Festival to celebrate 'National Roadkill Day'!
