California bans eating roadkill in part because it's viewed as a temptation for poachers to disguise their kills as road accidents; but that means a lot of game goes to waste (at least 20,000 deer alone are hit by Californians every year -- some researchers put the number at 80,000), and the animals involved are left to die slow deaths by the roadside. Under the new proposed rules (which have faced no meaningful opposition are are headed towards adoption), motorists would be allowed to bring home large animals (deer, elk and wild pigs) that had been struck by vehicles; they would be allowed to kill the animals first if they were wounded and dying.