Welcome to Roadkill Art
A free app made for finding and reporting roadkill quick and easy.
Report roadkill by marking the
location, take a picture, video and
rate the condition. Find roadkill
from the Map View page.
this weeks roadkill News
Driving through Scenic Wildlife Preserves and Parks
Spring break and Easter are times for family outings and vacations with families visiting Americas beautiful drive through parks, like the East Bay Regional Park, a 49 mile scenic drive in California's San Francisco Bay Area or North Carolina's 469 mile Blue Ridge Parkway. With acres of land having high amounts of abundant wildlife, animals roam and run freely. Keep a look out for animals near the road or wooded areas where they can run out of any time. Slow down and be careful to avoid collisions. Have your Roadkill Art app open ready to make a report, marking animal crossings. Members love to see live wildlife, there is a rating choice at the end of your report to pick titled: It’s NOT roadkill he is alive, be careful not to hit him, he's near the road. Three reports and we send you a tee!
The history of roadkill
Roadkill created a culture able to indulge in game meat.
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, 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, for the taking of any of the 90 M pounds of game meat produced annually on US roads. The Roadkill Art App list every states Roadkill Regulations, click 'the star' at the bottom of the 'Map View’ page.
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: Fighting Depression and Anxiety, Improving Eye Health, Promoting Brain Health and
Reducing Symptoms of ADHD.
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 hats 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 score of meat, roadkill, for stews and meat pies in order to feed large numbers of people.
cook in Roadkill Art
Win a Ladies Roadkill Art Tee
This April we are giving away a fitted ladies royal blue Roadkill Art tee shirt. Yes the fellows can win a ladies tee for the female in their life.
All you have to do to WIN is post your favorite Roadkill Recipe in the app during the month of April.
Open the app click on the Quail at the bottom of the 'Map View' page, then click 'Add Recipe', fill in the recipe instructions, take a 40 second video and add up to 5 pictures.
City, County and State Benefits
With app members retrieving roadkill government agencies 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.
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!
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.