About
What this site is
A Georgia reference for one narrow question, who deals with a dead animal, attached to one phone number for the cases where the animal is on your own property.
Why it exists
We found no statewide Georgia rule that has a public agency take a dead wild animal off your property, and no current public service that collects a dead wild animal from a yard, so the answer is spread across county pages, city codes and state agency guidance. Columbus's code still lets city crews enter private property at the owner's or occupant's request, at the chief's discretion, but we found no current Columbus page offering it. Henry County says it does not remove deer from private property. Macon-Bibb says dead animals are not removed from private property. Atlanta collects from the curb, and expects the resident to carry an animal there from the house or backyard. The statewide 24-hour, 3-foot burial rule that gets repeated comes from the Dead Animal Disposal Act, whose definition of "dead animals" covers livestock-type animals, not a raccoon in a yard; unincorporated Cobb County and Augusta set their own 3-foot burial rules.
The guides and the locations pages put that in one place. Each statement was taken from the statute or rule (statute text from the dated copies named on the sources page) or the agency's own page, and the dates the sources were read are on the sources page.
How the routing works
There is one number for the whole state, 404-609-1114, and one form, which asks for your ZIP. Calls reach this site's routing line; the form routes by ZIP. Where an independent operator covers the address, the inquiry is passed to that operator. Where none does, it stays with this site. Whether an operator covers your address, and what the work would cost, are settled on the call.
How it makes money
Georgia Dead Animal Removal sells advertising and passes inquiries to independent wildlife and carcass-removal operators where one covers the address: calls through this site's routing line, forms by ZIP. It is neither a wildlife company nor a removal contractor. The site never handles, transports or disposes of a carcass, and it employs no field staff.
All field work is done by independent operators, who set their own prices. Availability and price are settled on the call. This site makes no claim about any operator's permits or insurance.
What it does not claim
- No coverage claim. Calls reach this site's routing line, which passes them to an independent operator where one covers the area, and whether one covers yours is settled on the call.
- No prices. Independent operators set their own prices, so any figure here would be invented.
- No arrival window and no round-the-clock claim.
- No licensing, insurance or certification claims of any kind. Georgia DNR's Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator permit covers live nuisance wildlife: trapping, possessing, transporting, releasing and euthanizing. We found no Georgia rule that specifically licenses dead-animal removal. Neither fact is a claim this site could make about anybody.
- No live-animal work, no trapping and no relocation.
- No reviews and no rating. Any work is done by an independent operator, not by this site.
When it is not your job
Some calls belong to somebody else. An interstate, U.S. highway or state route is Georgia DOT's by state law. A county road or a city street belongs to that county or city. In Atlanta, an animal carried from the backyard to the curb is collected by the city. If someone was bitten, the Department of Public Health says to report it to the county health department or 1-866-PUB-HLTH (1-866-782-4584).
Corrections
Guide pages name a source under most answers; each location page lists its sources at the end, and the sources used are listed at sources with the date each was read. Agencies change their pages. If something here is out of date or wrong, say so through the contact form and it will be checked.