{"id":21270,"date":"2025-09-10T11:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/?p=21270"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:29:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:29:59","slug":"hunters-report-any-harvest-anomalies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/09\/10\/hunters-report-any-harvest-anomalies\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunters: Report any harvest anomalies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept. 10, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Nature isn\u2019t perfect. If a hunter spends enough time in the field, there\u2019s a chance he or she, at some point, might harvest an animal that appears to be sick or deformed, or looks suspect during the field-dressing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While oddities are few and far between, and rarely present any cause for concern \u2014 especially when it comes to turning that harvest into delicious table fare \u2014 hunters are being encouraged to let a wildlife health specialist at the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) take a look.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That would require hunters to save the internal organs (and keep them cold in a sealable plastic bag), then call any of the department\u2019s regional offices to schedule an analysis. Another option? Take several photos of the anomaly and email them to Dr. Anne Justice-Allen, AZGFD\u2019s wildlife veterinarian, at <a href=\"mailto:ajusticeallen@azgfd.gov\"><strong>ajusticeallen@azgfd.gov<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHarvested wildlife can be the most \u2018organic\u2019 food out there, but occasionally they get sick and this sometimes results in a food safety issue,\u201d Justice-Allen said. \u201cThe department has the resources to test animals with signs of disease for our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a harvested animal appears sick or deformed, let an AZGFD wildlife health specialist take a look.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":21285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-site"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hunters: Report any harvest anomalies - Arizona Game &amp; 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