1. There is no such prohibition. 2. AskMoses policy: No such thing as a dumb question...

This is precisely why it is so imperative to study the Oral Law together with the Written Torah -- otherwise, one can very often reach erroneous conclusions. The following is Rashi's commentary on Leviticus 11:8 (taken from the Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 16b): One might think that Israelites are prohibited to touch a carcass. Scripture, however, says, "Say to the kohanim [(a kohen) shall not defile himself for a (dead) person among his people]" (Leviticus 21:1); thus, kohanim are prohibited [from defiling themselves by human corpses], but ordinary Israelites are not prohibited. Now a "kal vachomer" [a deduction reached by comparing a more stringent case to a lesser one] can be made: Since in the more stringent case of defilement by a human corpse, only kohanim are prohibited, then in the more lenient case of defilement by animal carcasses, how much more so [should only kohanim be prohibited! If so,] what does Scripture mean by, "you shall not touch their carcasses"? [It means that Israelites may not touch animal carcasses] on the Festivals [since at those times they deal with holy sacrifices and enter the Temple]. This is what [the Sages] said: A person is obligated to cleanse himself on Festivals.