Due to peculiarities of US history and law (the Lacey Act of 1900), domestic wild harvested meat cannot be sold in commercial establishments. The Lacey Act banned the commercial hunting of wildlife, which is why the US now has far more deer, elk, bear, duck, geese, and turkey than it did 125 years ago.
This Red Deer (elk) venison was imported from New Zealand. Red Deer are not native to New Zealand, but they were imported numerous times after 1851, and in the absence of predators, wild populations have skyrocketed to the point they are a serious environmental threat requiring regular culling by helicopter in high mountain areas.
In addition to very large numbers of wild Red Deer (elk), New Zealand also had 1.3 million animals behind high fences on 3,200 commercial farms.
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