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TIL the Department of Health and Hospitals in Louisiana ordered a privately funded rescue mission to destroy 1,600 pounds of venison donated by Hunters for the Hungry. They were made to pour bleach on the meat as an “extra precaution” so it couldn’t be reclaimed from the dumpsters.

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