Dead Animal Removal in Green Bay, WI
Who handles a dead animal in Green Bay and Brown County, quoted from the agency's own page: a city street, a state highway, and the private-property case that is yours to arrange.
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Who do I call for a dead animal in Green Bay, 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 Green Bay Department of Public Works, Street Section is the published contact: (920) 448-3535; after hours, weekends and holidays (920) 492-3735. 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 Green Bay pages we reviewed offers collection from private property. For private property in Green Bay, Wisconsin Dead Animal Removal can talk through the situation and check whether an independent operator is available for a Brown County address: call (414) 928-2653. Nothing here guarantees availability, and any price is quoted on that call.
Is dead animal removal free in Green Bay?
No Green Bay or Brown County page publishes a dead-animal pickup, free or paid, for any property class. On September 15, 2026 we reviewed the city's Animal Control, Public Works, Garbage, Street & Sign Maintenance, Bulk Household Items, Public Works FAQs and Parks pages, the GB Services request portal (17 categories, none for a dead animal) and the 2026 DPW Information Guide, plus the Brown County Highway, Sheriff and Resource Recovery pages, and found no service, no fee and no curb rule. What is published is the road split for deer carcasses in WisDOT's Highway Maintenance Manual 07-15-01: city streets are the city's, county trunk highways are the county's, and Interstates, US and state highways are cleared on the shoulder by WisDOT's Car-Killed Deer contractor. Green Bay Animal Control refers wild-animal callers to a wildlife removal service or pest control, and the DNR says a municipal pickup request for a dead deer on private land is not guaranteed. A carcass on private property is the owner's to arrange, and any private-property work would be performed by an independent operator, if one is available for the address. Anything on private property is the owner's responsibility; whether an independent operator is available for a Brown County address is decided on the call.
| Where the animal is | Who is responsible | Phone | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public street or city property | City of Green Bay Department of Public Works, Street Section | (920) 448-3535; after hours, weekends and holidays (920) 492-3735 | Not published |
| Interstate, US or state highway | Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), Highway Maintenance Manual 07-15-01 Carcass Removal and Car-Killed Deer program | 911 in the lane; county highway department or sheriff otherwise (no WisDOT hotline) | State service |
| County trunk highway | Brown County Highway Department | (920) 662-2160 | Not published |
| Private property: yard, deck, attic, crawl space | The owner arranges it; an independent operator if one is available for the address | (414) 928-2653 | Depends on operator availability; quoted on the call |
“Towns, villages and cities are responsible for removing deer carcasses on their local roads ... For town, village and city roads, contact the local municipality”
“Counties are responsible for removing deer carcasses on county highways ... For county roads, contact the county highway department”
“WisDOT contracts with private CKD disposal services in each county for CKD along Interstates, U.S., and state highways. Counties and municipalities are responsible for disposal of deer along county highways and local roads, respectively.”
“If the situation involves a wild animal (raccoon, rat, skunk, etc), you will need to contact a wildlife removal service or pest control for assistance.”
“Landowners who are looking to dispose of a dead deer on their property can bury it on their property, utilize a deer carcass waste dumpster if during the fall season, leave it where it lays or contact their local municipality to request it to be picked up (this is not guaranteed).”
“Please check back for Services.”
Quoted verbatim on 2026-09-15 from City of Green Bay Animal Control, Public Works, Garbage, Street & Sign Maintenance, Bulk Household Items, Public Works FAQs and Parks, Recreation & Forestry pages; the GB Services request portal; the 2026 DPW Information Guide; Brown County Highway (About, Services, contact), Sheriff's Office Services and Resource Recovery Services pages; the Tri-County Waste Wizard; WisDOT Highway Maintenance Manual 07-15-01 (July 2025) and the WisDOT Car-Killed Deer page; Wisconsin DNR carcass movement and disposal, deer waste disposal sites, wildlife-vehicle collision and sick-or-dead-deer pages.
What the pages do not say: Whether the City of Green Bay will respond to any dead-animal report, on a street or on private property; any fee; any curb-placement rule; any species or weight limit; response time; which crew (Street Section or Animal Control) would take it; whether the after-hours number accepts carcass calls; whether Brown County Highway removes non-deer species or does anything on private property; which entity holds the WisDOT Car-Killed Deer contract for Brown County; whether a bagged pet or small wild animal may go in the city trash cart; whether the Brown County transfer station or South Landfill accepts a carcass and at what charge; whether Brown County is a CWD-affected county under NR 10.41(3)(c); what the Green Bay Municipal Code says about carcasses (the Municode text could not be opened); the Wisconsin Humane Society Green Bay Campus phone, address and cremation terms; whether an independent operator currently covers Brown County.
Who not to call: Green Bay Police Department Animal Control, (920) 448-3200 ext. 0113, for a dead wild animal; its page describes live domestic-animal work (at-large, injured transport, bites, cruelty) and says a wild animal is a matter for a wildlife removal service or pest control; Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Care, (920) 391-3685, for a carcass; it takes live injured or orphaned wildlife; Wisconsin DNR for pickup; its sick-or-dead-deer page says that in most cases the department does not have the resources to remove dead animals, including deer, and its law-enforcement line (608-267-7691) is for registering a vehicle-killed deer or turkey you intend to keep; 511 Wisconsin (511 or 866-511-9472); its report form offers no dead-animal or carcass category.
A live raccoon, skunk or rat in a Green Bay home is not an Animal Control call; the department's page says to contact a wildlife removal service or pest control. A live injured or orphaned wild animal goes to Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary Animal Care, (920) 391-3685. Lost or found pets: Green Bay Police, (920) 448-3201.
For the statewide version of this breakdown, see our guide to who picks up dead animals in Wisconsin.
Why Green Bay gets the dead-animal calls it does
Green Bay sits where the Fox River opens into the bay of Green Bay, and the river splits the city into an east side and a west side with different housing and different animals. The east side's older blocks in Astor, Navarino and Olde North are two-story frame houses with detached garages, open porches and mature trees, the ground raccoons, skunks and squirrels work. Across the river, Fort Howard and the Broadway District have housing of the same age set closer together. Newer ranch and split-level subdivisions run out through Allouez, Bellevue and Howard toward the county line. Deer turn up at the edges: the Baird Creek greenway and the Cofrin Arboretum at UW-Green Bay on the northeast side, the East River corridor through Allouez and Bellevue, Duck Creek in Howard and Suamico, and the bay-shore marsh past Bay Beach. Those edges meet I-43, I-41, WIS 57, WIS 54 and the county trunk letter routes, and the rut from October into December, with the gun deer season in late November, puts deer on lawns and shoulders.
Green Bay publishes no dead-animal service on any page reviewed on September 15, 2026: Animal Control, Public Works, Garbage, Street & Sign Maintenance, Bulk Household Items, the Public Works FAQs, Parks, Recreation & Forestry, the GB Services request portal and the 2026 DPW Information Guide. The GB Services portal lists 17 request categories and none of them is a dead animal, animal complaint or carcass. The road split comes from WisDOT's Highway Maintenance Manual 07-15-01: "Counties are responsible for removing deer carcasses on county highways. Towns, villages and cities are responsible for removing deer carcasses on their local roads." With nothing published to lean on, a Green Bay owner arranges it privately. That means an independent operator, and availability belongs to the call rather than to a web page.
Communities around Green Bay: Astor Park, Navarino, Olde North, Broadway District, Fort Howard, Whitney Park, Joannes Park, Mather Heights, Bay Beach, Preble, Allouez, Ashwaubenon, De Pere, Howard, Bellevue, Suamico.
Any private-property work in Green Bay would be done by an independent operator, if one is available for the address, 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 Green Bay?
Common around Green Bay: raccoon and skunk under the open porches and detached garages of Astor, Navarino, Olde North and Fort Howard; squirrel in the attics of mature streets on both sides of the river; deer along Baird Creek, the Cofrin Arboretum edge of UW-Green Bay, the East River through Allouez and Bellevue, Duck Creek in Howard and Suamico, and the shoulders of I-43, WIS 57 and the county letter routes, heaviest from October into December with the rut and the late-November gun season. Deer waste in Brown County is handled under DNR CWD guidance, and the DNR recommends against moving a whole deer carcass outside the county, or an adjacent county, where the animal was harvested. Found one in a Green Bay yard? Start here. Odor, nothing in sight? The five places to check first.
What does dead animal removal cost in Green Bay?
There is nothing here to compare a quote against. No city or county page reviewed prices a dead-animal pickup, because none of them offers one, and whether the Brown County transfer station will even accept a carcass, and at what charge, is unpublished. A deer on a Suamico lot therefore carries a disposal question that a bagged squirrel in Astor Park does not. Both the retrieval and whatever happens to the animal afterward sit with the independent operator who takes the job, and are stated by that operator once the situation has been described on the call. This site has verified no amount and prints none.
Nearby Wisconsin pages
The closest metros to Green Bay with their own pages, each with what that city publishes, the road split and the species people report.
Green Bay dead animal questions
Green Bay lists no dead-animal request. Who takes a carcass off a city street?
Green Bay Police handle animal control, so is a dead raccoon in the street theirs?
On I-41, I-43 or WIS 29, which agency owns a deer carcass and how long does it have?
There is a dead raccoon behind my garage in Green Bay. Is there any agency to call?
Green Bay's garbage rules never mention animals. Does that mean a bagged one can go in the cart?
Has anybody been verified for Green Bay or Brown County?
Green Bay Dead Animal Removal
Call to discuss the situation. Availability for a Brown County address depends on current operator coverage; any price is quoted on the call.