Sooooo.....

[MouseWife]

ROTFLMAO

See, I just don't get it right!!! I should have learned from when THEY put stuff in my trash!!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Alex

It would never occur to me to call anybody about a dead animal in or near the road unless it was a hazard (like something deer sized) or a domestic animal.

Just as we were leaving the house for a party on Saturday, we heard a scream then a thud out on the street. We went to investigate and found one of the neighborhood cats had been hit by a car (not one of ours thankfully).

We moved it out of the road and then when back inside to call animal control. I couldn't find the number for them, so I was able to call the local police (the dispatch line, not 911) to report the incident and have animal control come pick the critter up.

All-in-all kind of put a damper on Saturday's festive mood

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I think it wasn't too badly decomposing. He just looked like he was sleeping. It was freezing up there!! As well as raining. I'd imagine someone in the household called. We left so I don't know how long it took for them to remove it. I am curious, though, myself.

We'd like to maybe go live up there eventually. Removal of dead animals in a timely manner would be tops on my list.

Only large dead animals like moose, bear or deer get taken away by Fish and Game or animal control- everything else pretty much lays where it died until it gets picked up by a private citizen or eaten by other animals. I'm impressed that California takes the time and money to clear away small animal remains- that would bankrupt our state, considering how many wild critters we have up here that end up as roadkill, etc.

[CoasterMatt]

Not to mention all the starving families...

[MouseWife]

Can you imagine deer or a bear??? I find...well, thankfully, nothing in a long time.

LOL Matt, well, I'd wonder if people {if they catch it in a timely manner, knowing how the animal died} take the deer or moose to eat?

True about the picking up of all animals draining the budget.

In CA, what money?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I'm impressed that California takes the time and money to clear away small animal remains

At least in this part of California I've never seen any evidence they do.

[MouseWife]

Maybe they want us to put them in the trash?

I hope I don't have to find out any time soon.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Alex

At least in this part of California I've never seen any evidence they do.

The only time I've ever seen an animal removed was a few years ago - it was a very large raccoon that was dead on a very large public sidewalk. I suspect it was a health hazard more than anything since it wasn't in an area where the decomposition would remove it without people coming in contact with it or consumption by other animals would occur.

[Mousey Girl]

this is making me remember the dead cows on the side of the road, waiting for the Tallow Works truck to pick them up. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I'm impressed that California takes the time and money to clear away small animal remains...

Originally Posted by Alex

At least in this part of California I've never seen any evidence they do.

It depends on where you live. In the city I live in, Brea, they like to keep the city squeaky clean (no parking on ANY city street from 2 a.m - 6 a.m. - crap like that), so they take the time to clean up even the small road kill like cats. In the more rural areas, and probably most other cities, they don't do this.

In the slums like where Alex lives, they leave road kill so people have something to eat.