Road Kill

[OmanYorkie]

If you hit say a pheasant and kill it on the road, are you allowed to stop and pick it up and take away. I once heard that you can not, but a vehicle behind you can pick it up?

[lotdot]

I was brought up with the same
If you run it over, you are using some sort of 'tool', equipment', so are in effect poaching. However the vehicle behind is just collecting road kill

[mrs_overall]

I too have heard this, but I can't find any law relating to it.
The only animals covered by Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (where you have to report the accident) are horse, cattle,ass, mule, sheep, pig, dog and goat.
If you are NOT commiting an offence by accidentally running over an animal NOT on this list, I don't see how you can be prosecuted for picking the carcass up.

[bensmum]

I was always told this was the case but given the number of pheasants killed on the road I doubt if anyone would bother to prosecute.

[spudqueen]

I understand that this refers to deer, not pheasants.