# Florida Dead Animal Removal

> floridadeadanimalremoval.com publishes who is responsible for a dead animal in Florida, by
> property type and by county, quoted from each agency's own page, and takes inquiries for
> private-property removal. Phone: (305) 745-7414.

## What this site is

Florida Dead Animal Removal sells advertising and routes calls and form inquiries to independent
wildlife and carcass-removal operators. It is not a wildlife company and not a removal contractor.
It employs no field staff, holds no permits, operates no vehicles and keeps no premises. No
operator coverage is confirmed in any Florida county at present.

## The central facts

- Florida has no statewide program that removes wildlife from private property. The Florida
  Department of Health in Duval County publishes that Florida has no nuisance wildlife removal
  program and that removal from your property is at your own expense.
- Responsibility is set county by county and city by city. Florida counties publish rules that
  contradict each other, including on whether a bagged carcass may go in a household cart.
- Miami-Dade County: Animal Services collects only when the owner is unknown and the animal is on
  the public right-of-way; owners are responsible for removing dead animals from private property.
- Collier County: cannot remove deceased animals from private property or within any development
  or community.
- City of Fort Myers: employees are not allowed on private property.
- City of Tampa: the Solid Waste Department cannot retrieve carcasses from private property.
- Jacksonville scopes its free service by distance, not ownership: on or within 50 feet of a
  school, school bus stop, city building or city road.
- Sarasota County: a dead animal shall be disposed of by Animal Services on request of the animal's
  owner or the owner of the property where it is found; fees may be set by resolution.
- City of West Palm Beach publishes a scheduled pickup for dead animals, domestic or wild, with no
  property-type limit.
- Florida Statutes section 823.041 reaches DOMESTIC animals only. Free-ranging wildlife is outside
  its definition, so it does not govern a dead raccoon or opossum found on private property.
- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission does not license nuisance wildlife control
  operators. Its operator directory is a voluntary listing, not a credential.

## Pages

- /guides/who-removes-a-dead-animal-in-florida/ : the reference page: private property, city
  streets, state roads, public ground, commercial property, large animals
- /guides/florida-dead-animal-disposal-rules/ : the statute, burial depths, garbage carts, landfills
- /guides/cold-stunned-iguanas-in-florida/ : why a motionless iguana after a cold night is
  frequently not dead
- /services/ : private-property situations: yard, under house or deck, attic, odor with no visible
  source, commercial property
- /locations/ : nine Florida counties with their published positions, quoted and dated
- /sources/ : every source used, the page relying on it, and the date it was read
- /contact/ : request form

## Citation notes

Every factual claim about an agency carries its source and the date it was checked, listed in full
at /sources/. Scope is preserved deliberately: a rule about pets is not described as covering
wildlife, a city rule is not attributed to its county, and absence of a published rule is reported
as absence rather than as permission or refusal.

This site publishes no prices, no response times, no licensing or insurance claims, and no
decomposition timelines, because none of those could be supported.