So from what I can find, wild game meat (specifically related to non-pork products) contain a strain that is resiliant to freezing. Perhaps the quote from Wikipedia is misleading. Wild pig is still a pork product. Perhaps Connie can weigh in, she's so good at the research stuff.

"Cooking wild game meat thoroughly. Freezing wild game meats, unlike freezing pork products, even for long periods of time, may not effectively kill all worms. This is because the species of trichinella that typically infects wild game is more resistant to freezing than the species that infects pigs. "

That's what I understood, too Jennifer.

btw, Jenni, I wasn't referring to a BSL currently, just wondered what the community/local government in your area was doing about it. Here in Houston several different politicians are trying to get legislation passed--some more drastic than others, of course.

I saw your pics of your pit and just wondered if anything like that would effect you and your pup.

I just walked outside a little while ago to walk some friends to their car and an off-leash chow strolled by barking at everything that moved.

argh!!

Thanks to everyone who weighed in on this. I think I'll err on the side of caution and pass up on the offer. Making sure it's butchered and cooled properly, then tested isn't practical in my case, so I'll stick with the mark-down meats from the grocery stores. Got some nice turkey backs yesterday for $.59 a pound....

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Got some nice turkey backs yesterday for $.59 a pound....

Beat ya! $.29!!! Bought 'em all. My local market must think I'm sooo weird. I come in every week, by myself, and get every weird kind of gross meat/bone product I can find...backs, livers, gizzards, ox tails, and sometimes even weirder stuff than that. I fill up my entire cart with it, and then get one normal product, like Chocolate Milk. They must wonder what on Earth I'm doing with it, as there's no way I could eat it all in a week, and I never buy anything else. They don't say anything in English, so I can only imagine what they must think. "Crazy White girl," probably.

Mike, I haven't heard a thing about BSL. Mostly the Pit people are trying to fight it from spreading and someday affecting us, but we're not in direct danger now. We don't have enough Pits in Naperville to warrant it. I probably could count them all on one hand. Kind of an uppity, yuppie area where most folks wouldn't know a Pit if they ran it over in their Range Rover. I get asked what kind of dog Mia is all the time...and to me, she certainly doesn't look like anything BUT a Pit. She may have a ski jacket on and fushia toenails , but she still has those adorable cheeks and butt muscles.

I will say that the LE people I know are mostly fans of them, and recognize the real problem in most cases, but that could be because they don't have to deal with Pit-related problems as often as some more urban areas would.

Mike, PM me if you want. I got waaay off topic. Sorry guys.

Jenni, tried to PM you but the bb wouldn't let me...feel free to PM me or email me.