How To Report Dead Animals On St. Cloud Streets

Road kill is gross, no matter how you look at it. I understand that it is unavoidable sometimes. Animals run out onto the road and get hit by a passing vehicle all of the time. Sometimes they might just die on the side of the road. Whatever it is, it's still disgusting.

We are on at least a week of this dead possum on the side of the road along Cooper Avenue. He's getting more and more bloated - gotta wonder if it could explode at some point. Ok, I may have been watching too much of the Walking Dead for my imagination to go there. Yuck.

I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING WHO/WHERE YOU ARE TOO CALL TO REPORT

Are we supposed to call someone from the city? I'm sure we aren't supposed to take care of that thing ourselves. I would hate to see what creature might crawl out of that dead animal. No thank you!

TURNS OUT - YOU ARE TO MAKE A CALL WHEN THERE IS A DEAD CREATURE ON THE ROAD

I looked it up - and yes, you are supposed to call the city or animal control, or several other numbers depending on what the issue is and where it happens to be

From the City of St. Cloud website:

City Streets and Sidewalks: Contact St. Cloud Animal Control at 320-650-3164. If it is after hours, on weekends, or a holiday, call the non-emergency police dispatch line at 320-251-1200.

County Roads: Contact Stearns County Public Works at 320-255-6180.

State Highways & Interstates (e.g., Highway 15, Highway 23, I-94): Contact the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) St. Cloud office at 320-223-6500. You can also submit an animal removal request online through the MnDOT 511 system.

THE SOLUTION DOES MAKE SENSE - DOESN'T IT

I suppose that would make sense, being that there is no way they would know about it unless one of the city workers had driven by that same place at some point. So yes, depending on which road the dead creature is on, you need to call and let them know, and someone will come out and clean it up.

So, now you know. Or at least now I know.