Dead Animal Removal in Beaver Dam, WI
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Who is responsible for a dead animal in Beaver Dam and Dodge County, and one number for private property.
Who do I call for a dead animal in Beaver Dam, WI?
What decides it is the road the animal is lying on, or the fact that it is not lying on one. On a public street, City of Beaver Dam Department of Public Works is the published contact: 920-887-4635 (238 Commercial Drive; 7 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Friday); 920-887-4612 (police dispatch) for a non-emergency active matter. On an Interstate, US or state highway, WisDOT's car-killed deer contractor clears the shoulder; a carcass in the travel lane is a 911 call. On a county trunk highway it is the county highway department's. On private property, a yard, attic, deck or crawl space, it is the owner's to arrange; none of the Beaver Dam pages we reviewed offers collection from private property. For private property in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Dead Animal Removal connects you with the independent operator covering Dodge County: call (414) 519-6688. What that operator takes on for your situation, and the price, are confirmed on the call.
Is dead animal removal free in Beaver Dam?
None of Beaver Dam's pages describes a dead-animal pickup, which leaves no fee to check and no free service to request. The Public Works page lists street repair, plowing, street lighting, traffic signals, the waste and recycling programs and stormwater, and the city's Report a Concern form sorts reports into categories such as 'Animal Complaint', 'Parks and Public Property' and 'Street, Curb and Right-of-Way', with nothing labeled for a carcass. Dodge County's highway page says maintaining streets inside a city falls to that city, which sends a carcass on a Beaver Dam street to Public Works at 920-887-4635. US 151, WIS 33 and the county letter routes have a separate report route through the county highway department and the sheriff. Anything on private property is the owner's responsibility; an independent operator covers Dodge County, and what they take on is confirmed on the call.
| Where the animal is | Who is responsible | Phone | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public street or city property | City of Beaver Dam Department of Public Works | 920-887-4635 (238 Commercial Drive; 7 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Friday); 920-887-4612 (police dispatch) for a non-emergency active matter | Not published; the city lists no carcass pickup |
| Interstate, US or state highway | Wisconsin DOT car-killed deer program (WisDOT) | 911 in the lane; county highway department or sheriff otherwise (no WisDOT hotline) | State service |
| County trunk highway | Dodge County Highway Department | 920-386-3650 (211 E. Center Street, Juneau; office hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Thursday, closed Fridays) | Not published; the form names no fee either way |
| Private property: yard, deck, attic, crawl space | The owner arranges it; an independent operator covers this county | (414) 519-6688 | Quoted on the call |
βDodge County provides maintenance for all County Trunks and State Highways within county lines. Maintenance of streets within a city or village are the responsibility of that municipality.β
βPlease Note: If there is paint on the deer, it has already been reported and you do not have to contact us.β
βCitizens should complete this form to report concerns that are non-emergency and do not require immediate action.β
βAnimal wastes shall be placed in a sealed see-through plastic bag and then placed in a cart.β
βFor interstate, U.S. and state highways, report the location to the local county sheriff department for disposal, using their non-emergency phone number.β
βCarcasses found in or near water sources may also be a sign, as infected deer become feverish and will often lay in water to cool down or drink.β
βDodge County: around 150β
βWill accept carcasses from the general public and commercial haulers.β
Quoted verbatim on 2026-10-18 from City of Beaver Dam Public Works, Street Maintenance, Garbage & Recycling, Curbside Garbage Pickup Guidelines, Bulk Waste Guidelines, Police, Pet Licensing, Fee Schedule (revised 9/11/26), Park Information, Boat Launch Sites & Permits and Beach & Splash Pad pages, the Report a Concern form, the Municipal Solid Waste Collection Rules (January 1, 2024) and the 2026 Trash & Recyclables Schedule; Dodge County Highway Department pages (main page with its Report a Problem form, Seasonal Maintenance, Ordinances and Permits), the county's municipal clerks list and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office contact page; WisDOT's Car-Killed Deer page; Wisconsin DNR pages on EHD (updated Oct. 12, 2026), sick or dead deer, wildlife health, carcass disposal, the wildlife rehabilitation directory, Horicon Marsh and the Beaver Dam Lake page, plus the DNR's CWD sampling and carcass-disposal station data; the Dodge County Humane Society's About and Contact pages; and, for population, the Census Bureau's QuickFacts V2025 estimate for July 1, 2025.
What the pages do not say: Whether Beaver Dam Public Works removes an animal from a street or alley at all, and how a report filed under 'Animal Complaint' is handled; whether city crews go onto private lots; what, if anything, the city charges; whether a carcass may be set at the curb; limits by species or size; how long a report takes; whether 'animal wastes' in the collection rules includes a carcass, and whether GFL will take a bagged one in the cart; what the municipal code says, because the code was recodified in 2026 and its chapters would not open; who clears a deer on the in-town stretches of WIS 33 and the US 151 business route; whether WisDOT's contractor or the county crew collects deer on the state highways in Dodge County, and who holds that contract; who handles a carcass in the water or on the shore of Beaver Dam Lake beyond the city parks; whether Glacier Ridge Landfill accepts a deer from Dodge County, since the DNR data counts Dodge among CWD-affected counties while one of the landfill's two entries takes deer only from areas without known CWD, and what it charges; and whether the Dodge County Humane Society accepts a pet that has died at home.
Who not to call: The Dodge County Humane Society in Juneau (920-386-0000) for a carcass. Its published purposes run to adoption, rehoming, reuniting lost pets and helping injured domestic animals, and no page on its site mentions taking in or collecting an animal that has died; Wisconsin DNR staff for removal. The sick-deer page says DNR generally has no resources for taking away dead animals, deer among them, and the EHD page rules out collecting deer thought to have died of EHD. Calls to the Wildlife Switchboard, 608-267-0866, feed disease tracking; The GFL bulk truck at 640 S Center St as a drop-off. The city lists it for bulk waste and miscellaneous trash from city residences on the first Wednesday of each month from 4 to 7 p.m. and the third Saturday morning, and neither the Bulk Waste Guidelines nor the 2026 trash calendar mentions animals.
Hurt, sick or orphaned wildlife that is still alive goes to a licensed rehabilitator, and none of the numbers above removes a carcass. DNR's rehabilitation directory tells callers to reach a rehabilitator first and says DNR's own staff hold no rehabilitation license, and it names skunks, elk, wolves and adult deer among the animals rehabilitators cannot take. DNR customer service is 1-888-936-7463, open 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. Deer that drool or foam, look weak, or let people walk up close can be reported to the Wildlife Switchboard, 608-267-0866.
For the statewide version of this breakdown, see our guide to who picks up dead animals in Wisconsin.
Why Beaver Dam gets the dead-animal calls it does
Beaver Dam Lake wraps around the city's west and north sides, and it is shallow for its size. The DNR lists 6,718 acres, a maximum depth of 7 feet and very low water clarity. Houses face long stretches of that shore, the city runs boat launches at Tahoe Park, Edgewater Park and Waterworks Park with piers in from mid-April to late November, and the Beaver Dam River carries the lake's outflow through downtown. Horicon Marsh, a 33,000-acre wetland, opens up to the east. Muskrats live in the shallows and along the river banks, raccoons hunt the waterline at night and den under porches and garages, and deer travel between the marsh, the farm fields and the lake. An animal that dies in the shallows can drift onto a lakefront lawn or lodge against a pier, and DNR notes that deer sick with EHD often lie down in water. Inland, deer cross US 151 where it bypasses the city to the southeast, WIS 33 and county letter routes such as A, B, D and G, most often in October and November. Once a carcass is on a private lot, whether it fronts the lake or sits blocks away, the city offers no pickup for it.
Two of Beaver Dam's published pages come near a dead animal, and neither one offers a pickup. The curbside collection rules require animal wastes to go into the cart sealed in a see-through plastic bag, without saying whether a carcass counts as animal waste, and the Report a Concern form accepts an 'Animal Complaint' with no promise of collection. The municipal code, recodified in 2026, would not open for this page. Public Works, the Dodge County Highway Department and WisDOT each publish a road channel, and none of them describes going into a yard, a lakefront lot or a crawl space, a fee, or how long removal takes. That leaves the carcass with the property owner, who can deal with it directly or ask whether an independent operator can take the address. An operator's work is limited to animals reachable without opening a finished wall or ceiling.
Neighborhoods we serve in Beaver Dam: Downtown Beaver Dam, Beaver Dam Lake shoreline, Beaver Dam River, Tahoe Park, Edgewater Park, Waterworks Park, Swan Park, Crystal Lake Beach, Town of Beaver Dam, Town of Trenton, Town of Calamus, Fox Lake, Randolph, Lowell, Reeseville, Juneau, Horicon, Columbus, Waupun.
All Beaver Dam field work is done by an independent operator, and disposal is that operator's to arrange under the rule covering that species in that county. DNR's guidance for handling dead wildlife is gloves or an inverted bag, never bare hands. A raccoon, skunk, bat or fox that a person or pet has been in contact with is a question for the local health department.
What do people call about in Beaver Dam?
Around Beaver Dam, expect muskrats and raccoons on lakefront lots and along the river downtown, often found at the waterline or floating against a pier; raccoons, skunks and opossums under porches and garages in the blocks around downtown and Swan Park; squirrels and bats in attics; Canada geese and ducks along the shore and in the lakeside parks; and deer on US 151, WIS 33 and the county roads, at the edge of Horicon Marsh and in the fields toward Fox Lake, Lowell and Juneau. During the 2026 outbreak, DNR's EHD page counts around 150 suspected cases in Dodge County, none confirmed there yet, and it says sick deer tend to end up in or near water. Found one in a Beaver Dam yard? Start here. Odor, nothing in sight? The five places to check first.
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Beaver Dam's current fee schedule, revised 9/11/26, has no charge for a dead animal; its Animals section covers beekeeping permits and dog, cat, pet fancier and kennel licenses. The Dodge County highway form names no fee either way. The only disposal site the DNR's carcass-site data lists in Dodge County is GFL's privately run Glacier Ridge Landfill on Highway V near Horicon, entered as accepting carcasses from the general public on weekdays with a special waste profile sheet completed at drop-off. No tipping fee appears in that entry, and a second entry for the same address limits deer waste to areas with no known CWD or to deer with not-detected test results, so call 920-387-0620 before loading anything. Removal from a private lot is priced by whichever independent operator takes the job, after hearing the species, where it lies and the access. This page prints no figure for it.
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Beaver Dam dead animal questions
Beaver Dam's Report a Concern form has no dead-animal category. How does a carcass on a city street get reported?
A dead muskrat or goose washed up on our Beaver Dam Lake frontage. Who takes it?
Is EHD killing deer around Beaver Dam this fall?
Who clears a deer from US 151, WIS 33 or County A near Beaver Dam?
Can a dead squirrel go in a Beaver Dam garbage cart, and where can a deer carcass go?
Our dog died at home. Will the Dodge County Humane Society take it?
Who can remove a dead raccoon from under a porch in Beaver Dam?
Beaver Dam Dead Animal Removal
Operator coverage is confirmed for Dodge County. What the operator takes on, and the price, are settled on the call.