Ohio Dead Animal Removal Service Areas
Ohio Dead Animal Removal routes dead animal removal requests by ZIP to independent operators where one covers the address, across 23 Ohio metros. Each location page documents the local pickup ordinance, road jurisdiction, and the species most frequently called in for that metro.
Ohio Metros
Toledo, OH
Lucas, metro pop ~640,000
Toledo metro (Lucas/Wood/Ottawa/Sandusky counties), I-475/I-75/I-90 corridor sees high deer-vehicle collisions Oct-Dec rut. Specific neighborhoods: Old West End (raccoon den activi…
Toledo details →Akron, OH
Summit, metro pop ~700,000
Akron metro (Summit County), Cuyahoga Valley National Park edge brings deer + raccoon pressure into Cuyahoga Falls and Tallmadge neighborhoods. Specific calls: Highland Square + Wa…
Akron details →Dayton, OH
Montgomery, metro pop ~800,000
Dayton metro (Montgomery/Greene/Miami counties), Five Rivers MetroParks system + Great Miami River corridor mean year-round wildlife pressure. Specific neighborhoods: Oakwood + Ket…
Dayton details →Youngstown, OH
Mahoning, metro pop ~540,000
Youngstown metro (Mahoning/Columbiana counties; Trumbull is covered from our Warren page). Mill Creek MetroPark brings significant deer + raccoon pressure into Boardman + Canfield …
Youngstown details →Canton, OH
Stark, metro pop ~400,000
Canton metro (Stark County), Tuscarawas River corridor + Sippo Lake area mean significant raccoon/opossum pressure. Specific neighborhoods: Plain Township + Jackson Township (deer …
Canton details →Columbus, OH
Franklin, metro pop ~2,100,000
Columbus metro (Franklin County), Ohio's largest. Scioto + Olentangy river corridors, mature urban tree canopy (German Village, Clintonville, Bexley) + wooded-edge suburbs (Dublin,…
Columbus details →Cleveland, OH
Cuyahoga, metro pop ~2,050,000
Cleveland metro (Cuyahoga County, ~2M), Lake Erie shoreline. Cuyahoga River + Cleveland Metroparks 'Emerald Necklace' wooded reservations drive heavy deer/raccoon pressure into in-…
Cleveland details →Cincinnati, OH
Hamilton, metro pop ~2,260,000
Cincinnati metro (Hamilton County, ~2.26M), hilly wooded terrain above the Ohio River. Little Miami River + Great Parks of Hamilton County drive deer/raccoon pressure into in-town …
Cincinnati details →Warren, OH
Trumbull, metro pop ~201,000
Warren metro (Trumbull County), seat of a ~201,000-person county spanning Warren, Niles, Girard, Cortland, Hubbard and Newton Falls. The Mahoning River runs through the city and Mo…
Warren details →Ashtabula, OH
Ashtabula, metro pop ~97,000
Ashtabula metro (Ashtabula County), Ohio's largest county by land area at roughly 702 square miles and about 97,000 people — it is genuinely spread out rather than metro-shaped. La…
Ashtabula details →Newark, OH
Licking, metro pop ~178,500
Newark / Licking County, the county seat 35 miles east of Columbus. 'Roadkill' is a listed report type on the city's SeeClickFix portal; the Division of Streets (740-670-7734) clea…
Newark details →Springfield, OH
Clark, metro pop ~136,000
Springfield / Clark County resource page. The city's Street Maintenance Division lists 'removal of debris and dead animals from the public right-of-ways' among its duties (Service …
Springfield details →Ohio Towns
Dublin, OH
Franklin County, population 49,294
Dublin takes dead-animal reports through GoDublin, and its wildlife page lets residents double-bag a small animal for the Rumpke bin or leave it at the curb with a request; for a l…
Dublin details →Westerville, OH
Franklin County, population 38,645
Westerville's services directory says city crews pick up dead animals from city roadways and points callers to the Public Service Department at 614-901-6740. Nothing the city publi…
Westerville details →Delaware, OH
Delaware County, population 44,589
The City of Delaware has not published who clears a dead animal from a city street; its Public Works Department (740-203-1810) maintains the roads but lists no dead-animal service.…
Delaware details →Marysville, OH
Union County, population 27,518
Marysville removes dead animals from city streets and from the stretch of US 33 inside city limits; report them to Public Service at (937) 645-7350 or by email. The city does not p…
Marysville details →Mount Vernon, OH
Knox County, population 17,052
Mount Vernon's Street Department lists dead animals on streets or roads among its duties and answers at 740-393-9501, Monday through Friday. The city publishes nothing about a yard…
Mount Vernon details →Elyria, OH
Lorain County, population 53,035
Elyria publishes no dead-animal policy. The Street Department (440-322-3129) maintains city streets and lists debris and litter removal among its duties, which makes it the line to…
Elyria details →Painesville, OH
Lake County, population 20,548
Painesville Public Works collects wild animals lying on city roadways and takes roadkill reports at (440) 392-9676 or through Painesville 311. The city says a wild animal in a yard…
Painesville details →Middletown, OH
Butler County, population 51,617
Middletown's city website has no dead-animal policy. For a city street, the nearest published contacts are Street Maintenance and the online Request for Service form, and what eith…
Middletown details →Mason, OH
Warren County, population 35,509
Mason puts dead animal removal in writing as a Service department duty on city streets, and the department's number is 513-229-8580. No fee, response time or online report form is …
Mason details →Medina, OH
Medina County, population 25,950
Medina's Street and Parks departments remove deer carcasses from city roadways and parkland, and the Street Department logs each pickup for the city's deer program. Smaller animals…
Medina details →Massillon, OH
Stark County, population 32,338
Massillon takes reports of a dead animal on a public street through its Street Concern Form, where Dead Animal is a listed example, or by phone to the Street Department. The city d…
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Calls from anywhere in Ohio route by ZIP to an independent operator where one covers the address.