General Discussion

It doesn't sound like it. But maybe.

But yeah if they aren't taking out the intestines, stomach and skinning it in the kitchen, it's less smelly but still stinks of raw meat.

And there was no mention of it being hung to drain. That takes a couple of days. And it sounds like they brought the bear back immediately. But that's not clear.

But even if they had field dressed it and skinned it outside the kitchen, processing raw meat in a group kitchen can still lead to very unsanitary conditions.

No farmer I know processes meat in their regular kitchen. Cross contamination from raw meat can be seriously deadly. They either process the meat outside, take it to a slaughter house or rent a processing kitchen.

From the article: "Others were more worried about possible health violations and the contamination of a shared kitchen, The Cornell Daily Sun reported, quoting one Reddit user who noted that improperly prepared bear meat can be a carrier of parasites that cause trichinosis infection."