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Animal Carcass

Pets

Call your city for local disposal (burial) ordinance guidelines. Cremation services & cemeteries are other options. 

Cremation services:
•  Veterinary Clinics/Hospitals (look in Yellow Pages)
•  Animal Humane Society, Golden Valley (763)489-2203
•  Midwest Cremation Service, Anoka (763)753-5510
•  Paws, Claws and Hooves, Chanhassen (952)445-6403

Pet cemeteries:
•  Animal Inn Pet Cemetery,  Lake Elmo (651)777-0255

Road Kill

Call the road authority that has immediate responsibility

             •  MnDOT on interstate, U.S. and state hwys
             •  County highway department on county roads
             •  local (city/township) road authorities on lesser roads and streets.

Farm Animals

information on carcass composting
  •  University of Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at (612)625-8787
  •  Minnesota Board of Animal Health at (651)296-2942

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has a Livestock Carcass Disposal fact sheet.

Deer Carcasses

Remains of carcasses are not accepted as solid waste at our facilities.  MPCA has designated the following landfills in the metro area as appropriate disposal facilities:

•  Burnsville Landfill - Waste Management, Burnsville (952)890-3248
•  Elk River Landfill - Waste Management, Elk River (763)441-2464
•  Pine Bend Landfill - Allied Waste, Inver Grove Heights (651)450-2146

Wildlife

 If you have a dead wild animal on your property, call your city’s animal control unit for instructions or assistance on proper disposal.