Who cleans up roadkill?

[amcdonald]

I assume there's a fairy doing the work, much like the tooth-fairy. Except instead of money, the roadkill fairy leaves shredded semi tires.

but really... who does this.

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

well around here it seems that nobody does because eventually the roadkill turns into a rotting carcus which eventually just kinda.. fades away.

 

[HappyFace]

I believe the department of streets and sanitation would be in charge of that..

 

[Shelly21]

Brunswick stew....

 

[Linflas]

Here in Virginia it is the county or city that does that. My wife calls them in all the time.

 

[Ogg]

Originally posted by: yovonbishop
well around here it seems that nobody does because eventually the roadkill turns into a rotting carcus which eventually just kinda.. fades away.

Yep, here they dont even clean up crash debris from car wrecks.........
We also have mountains of cig butts at every intersection.
I love LA...

 

[Shelly21]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Here in Virginia it is the county or city that does that. My wife calls them in all the time.

Yeah, Brunswick county.

 

[Trygve]

Nobody. I've tried calling the appropriate departments for things as large as a full-grown male elk, but the carcass just gets left on the side of the road.

 

[amcdonald]

Are you guys sure its not fairies.. because I've never seen someone cleaning up roadkill.

Maybe the phone number your wife calls is a fairy hotline.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: amcdonald
Are you guys sure its not fairies.. because I've never seen someone cleaning up roadkill.

Maybe the phone number your wife calls is a fairy hotline.

Could be, all I know is the end result = dead creature gone.

 

[Beattie]

My uncle once found a recently roadkilled deer near his house. He went and got his tractor, then hauled it to his barn and slaughtered it for meat.

 

[Konigin]

Other little animals.

 

[43st]

I worked for the PA state turnpike one summer in college. I was on the maintenance crew and we picked up all the dead animals. We'd usually have a pair of carcass gloves (blood soaked) on our person at all times. The road kill was usually dropped off at a special rot zone, basically a pile of dead animals in the woods.

The funnest part was getting the dead animals off the center median area. It was like a game of frogger except while dragging several hundred pounds of dead deer.

 

[Zedtom]

It is now legal in the state of Colorado to remove undomesticated animals from any public roadway, without the notification of the Division of Wildlife.

These animals may be used for human consumption if properly processed, however the authorities warn that any use of the animal carcass for religious rituals or unnatural sexual pleasure is strictly forbidden.

 

[MiniDoom]

Who cleans up roadkill?

Here in Virginia we have West Virginians to do that.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: ZedtomThese animals may be used for human consumption if properly processed, however the authorities warn that any use of the animal carcass for religious rituals or unnatural sexual pleasure is strictly forbidden.

Aww I bet that put a damper in a lot of people's plans...

 

[PanzerIV]

I remember a large dog that was hit on a road I took to go to work and class everyday. The carcass was at the end of a small bridge near some weeds. I literally saw the thing decomposing over the period of several months and it was pretty disgusting. It was one of those situations you don't want to look but most times when I drove by I had to steal a glance over that way.

 

[Vic]

crows

 

[Iron Woode]

Cletus the slack jawed yokel.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ZedtomThese animals may be used for human consumption if properly processed, however the authorities warn that any use of the animal carcass for religious rituals or unnatural sexual pleasure is strictly forbidden.

Aww I bet that put a damper in a lot of people's plans...

Which suggests some animals in Colorado are okay to use for natural sexual pleasure.

 

[skychief]

Around here it is usually buzzards,crows and flies and occasionally any one of the various drunken "timebombs" with a pointy stick.

 

[slpaulson]

I have a friend who worked for the DNR doing that.
Sucky job.

 

[DrPizza]

If it's cold outside, and the carcass is still warm, and if rigor mortus hasn't set in (so I know it's a fresh kill), then

I clean up road kill.
(provided it's a deer that isn't mangled)

Most of the guys I work with have eaten venison that came from road kill (I do the butchering) - none of them have a problem with it. It's no different than killing cattle with a sledge hammer. So a car did the job instead of the sledge hammer. I throw away any bruised meat - the rest is exactly the same as if I had shot the deer myself. 2 roadkills + 1 shot = 3 deer in my freezer (and one of the roadkills was a bambi... the meat was soooo tender MMMMMmmmmmmmm

 

[BurnItDwn]

The Vultures and other hungry animals maybe?

 

[db]

Maggots have been doing a pretty good job, tho they're slow.