As one could imagine, hunters and the director of the mission were livid, especially given that the shelter has served deer in chili and spaghetti for years.
“That’s a mild statement,” said Richard Campbell, one of the founders of Hunters for the Hungry, a group which has been donating wild game to shelters since 1993. “Hunters are going nuts over it. It’s created an outrage across our state and even into Mississippi.”
Campbell is not the only individual speaking out on the matter.
“This was really good meat,” said Henry Martin, executive director of the mission. “It’s high in protein and low in cholesterol. It’s very healthy.”
“You think we would have due process,” Martin further explained. “But they meant to destroy the meat – that’s for sure.”
To some, this may seem like an isolated incident, but restrictions on donating food to homeless shelters are far too common.