Sources for raw food for "prey" based diet not always ligitimate.

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JJ,
I think you missed the point of the article. No one is saying that a person cannot trap or hunt their own animals for their personal use.  The point of the article is that there are people who are selling the meat on-line to other people without a license to do so and without any inspection of the meat to be sure it is fit for consumption.  Those people ARE making money, but doing so illegally.  The people buying it are risking the health of their pets to be feeding this stuff raw not knowing if it was handled properly, is fresh, is road-kill, is even the animal it is purported to be, etc. etc.  Believe me, this could be worse than anything coming from a petfood company!  If someone wants fresh, raw food for their pet, they owe it to the pet to buy it from a legitimate company and have at least some peace of mind that the meat will be safe to eat.  Would you buy meat in this manner for either yourself or Lady, even if you were going to cook it?  Not me!    

JJ,
People who hunt and fish for their personal use do not have to have anything inspected. But, since they know they are going to eat the meat or fish, they would take the necessary precautions to be sure that they personally handled it properly so that they would not put themselves or their dinner guests at risk.  Of course, I would never eat even what I personally hunt or fish without cooking it first which would, hopefully, eliminate any possible danger just in case I was not as careful as I should have been.