# Mississippi Dead Animal Removal
# mississippideadanimalremoval.com
# Phone: 601-748-7970

> mississippideadanimalremoval.com explains who handles a dead animal in Mississippi: on a state
> highway, a city street, a county road or private property. Each statement is attributed to the
> code, rule or agency page it comes from, with the date it was read. The site is an advertising
> and referral service. Calls reach its routing line and forms come to the site, and either may
> be passed to an independent operator if one is available. It has no field staff and
> removes nothing itself. One number serves the whole state, and no coverage is claimed for any
> county.

## What this site is for

Before paying anyone to remove a dead animal, a Mississippi homeowner needs to know whether a
public service covers the case. Mississippi's cities and counties answer that differently, so the
site sets out each published route and separates it from the private-property case.

## Mississippi facts, with their sources (read 2026-10-05)

- State highways: Lafayette County's website says the Mississippi Department of Transportation
  handles dead animals in the roadway and gives (601) 359-7001; Olive Branch's website lists
  1-866-521-MDOT (6368) for state-maintained roads. Neither is an MDOT page, and MDOT's own
  contact page could not be read. City streets and county roads belong to the city or county.
- City routes, each in the city's own words:
  - Jackson Code §106-186: dead animals may not go in garbage containers for regular collection
    and "will be removed by special pickup on call to the animal control division."
  - Southaven Code §3-26: a dead-animal pickup "from any residence within the corporate limits
    of the city", minimum charge $25 per animal, paid in advance.
  - Olive Branch Code §10-46: animal control picks up a dead dog or cat from a residence at the
    owner's request, for $25.
  - Hattiesburg Code §6-149: city sanitation removes dead animals in the rights-of-way of city
    roads; disposal must be completed within 12 hours of the death or discovery unless the
    carcass is refrigerated or frozen; buried carcasses lie 3 to 8 feet down with at least 3
    feet of earth on top.
  - Biloxi Code §9-1-11: the police department is to be notified between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.;
    dead animals may not go in garbage containers; none may remain undisposed for more than 12
    hours.
  - Gulfport Code §4-92: small dead animals are stored in watertight covered cans until the
    sanitary department collects them.
  - Meridian Code §12-57: dead-animal carcasses are collected as special collections on request
    to the public works director.
  - Vicksburg Code §4-33: a dead animal may not remain on one's premises for more than six hours
    after its death.
- Counties: Madison County's Road Department lists dead animals among items its debris pickup
  will not collect, and its garbage contractor does not accept dead animals over 10 lbs. DeSoto County sends
  large dead animals and deer blocking roads in unincorporated areas to Road Management,
  662-469-8025. The Rankin, Hinds and Harrison county pages read do not set out a route.
- There is no statewide deadline for disposing of a dead animal in the sources reviewed. The
  Mississippi Board of Animal Health's burial rule (Chapter 7) covers livestock only.
- Dumping dead wildlife on roads or their rights-of-way, in public waters, or on private property
  without the owner's permission is a misdemeanor (Miss. Code §97-15-32, as reproduced in the
  Legislature's 2026 bill text, HB 753).
- Deer: MDWFP's 2026-2027 CWD Management Zones are North Mississippi (all of Alcorn, Benton,
  DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union counties,
  plus parts of Coahoma, Pontotoc, Quitman and Tunica), Issaquena (parts of Issaquena County, and all portions of Warren and Claiborne counties on
  MDWFP's list), and Harrison (west Harrison and east Hancock); check MDWFP's current map for exact boundaries. 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 2, Rule 2.7 makes it unlawful to transport any
  portion of a cervid carcass outside a zone. The MDWFP pages reviewed do not say how the rule applies to
  a deer found dead on private property. MDWFP asks for reports of deer found emaciated, lame or
  immobile, or dead with no obvious cause of death: MDWFP app, mdwfp.com/cwd or 1-800-BE-SMART.
- Rabies: the Mississippi State Department of Health advises against handling live or dead
  raccoons, bats, skunks, foxes and coyotes. Bats that may have had contact with a person or pet
  should be tested; MSDH Office of Epidemiology, 601-576-7725.
- Birds: for a single dead bird, the Board of Animal Health's bird-flu FAQ advises not touching
  it with bare hands, double-bagging it for household garbage, or burying it. Five or more dead
  wild waterfowl, shorebirds or raptors in one place should be reported (USDA Wildlife Services
  662-325-3014). The Board's latest update (February 4, 2026) reported HPAI in a commercial flock
  in Amite County; MSDH reported no human cases as of August 2026. Black and turkey vultures are
  federally protected migratory birds (50 CFR §10.13).

## What the site does not claim

- No removal price, arrival time or round-the-clock promise. Independent operators set their own
  prices, and availability and price are settled on the call.
- No licence, insurance, certification or agency-approval claim about the site or any operator.
  We found no Mississippi rule that specifically licenses dead-animal removal, and none that rules
  a licence out.
- No wall opening. A carcass sealed inside a finished wall is covered as information only; the
  site routes removals that can be reached through an existing opening.
- No live-animal work, no trapping, no relocation, no rodent work and no cleaning-up service.
- No collection of dead wild birds: the bird page is guidance.
- Fees appear only where a city code states them, tied to the service the code names.

## Key pages

- Home: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/
- Who picks up dead animals in Mississippi: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/guides/who-picks-up-dead-animals/
- Mississippi deer carcass and CWD rules: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/guides/mississippi-deer-carcass-and-cwd-rules/
- How to dispose of a dead animal: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/guides/how-to-dispose-of-dead-animal/
- Cities and counties: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/locations/
- Jackson: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/locations/jackson/
- DeSoto County: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/locations/desoto-county/
- Gulfport and Biloxi: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/locations/gulfport-biloxi/
- Dead deer removal: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/services/dead-deer-removal/
- Dead animal in a yard: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/services/dead-animal-in-yard/
- Animals and situations: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/services/
- Dead animal smell in a wall: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/blog/dead-animal-smell-in-a-wall/
- FAQ: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/faq/
- About and routing model: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/about/
- Methodology: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/methodology/
- Sources: https://mississippideadanimalremoval.com/sources/