Lansing area
Questions people ask first
The deer-on-the-lawn question comes up most around here, so it goes first. The main page has the property-line picture in one place.
There is a dead deer on my lawn in Lansing. Is that mine to deal with?
On your lawn, yes. Michigan’s Bodies of Dead Animals Act puts disposal on the owner of the premises, within 24 hours, and lawful burial means at least two feet of cover. In the road it belongs to whoever maintains the road: MDOT for I-96, I-69, I-496 and US-127, the county road agency for county roads, and the city, through Lansing Connect, for a city street. Half on the shoulder and half on your grass is the awkward one, so pace it out before you call anybody.
It is in the crawl space and I am not going in there. Is that a job?
Yes. Crawl spaces, attics with a hatch, garages, sheds and the void under a deck are reachable, and reaching them is what the operator is for. Say where the access door is and whether it has been opened recently.
Will anybody cut into my wall to get a mouse out?
No. A mouse or rat that died inside a finished wall is usually left where it is. Opening the wall is rarely the first move, and where the carcass cannot be reached without cutting, the smell fades on its own as decomposition runs its course. Operators do not open finished drywall or plaster for a small rodent, and this site will not book you a visit on the promise that they will.
Does the City of Lansing pick up dead animals?
Lansing takes non-emergency requests through its Lansing Connect system. Nothing we could verify commits the city to collecting an animal from private property, so treat a carcass in your yard as yours and a carcass in a city street as something to report through Lansing Connect.
What should I have ready when I call?
The address and ZIP, where on the property the animal is, roughly what it is and how big, how long it has been there, and anything that changes access: a locked gate, a dog in the yard, a crawl space hatch that is hard to get at. Knowing the species is not required.
Does the carcass have to be somewhere you can reach?
For removal, yes. If it is somewhere reachable, it comes out. If it is sealed inside a finished structure, the realistic options are ventilation and time, and the operator will say so rather than cut.
Is cleaning up the smell part of the job?
Taking the soiled bedding, insulation or soil immediately around the carcass usually is, and the spot can be treated. Treating a whole room, replacing a whole attic’s insulation or rebuilding anything are separate work. Whether the operator offers them is a question for the call, not a promise this site makes.
How soon can somebody come out?
This site does not promise when somebody will arrive. The operator gives you a time when they know their day, and if it is urgent, say so on the phone rather than in the form.
Is this a Lansing company?
It is a booking line. Calls and form details go to an independent wildlife-removal operator who serves Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties. The site has no office, crew or trucks in Lansing and does not set prices.
I sent the form. What now?
The operator reads it and calls the number you gave to agree a price and a time. Nothing is scheduled by the form itself. Calling 517-781-7477 gets to the same place faster.
Anything about your property
Is a phone question. Address, where the animal is, whether it can be reached. How it works covers the sequence and what is not guaranteed.