Thanks to animal control!

Just thought I'd give them a shoutout - they were really nice and pretty quick.

I had 2 incidents in one day.   First was a raccoon that was barely moving tried to stand and just fell down.  He did put up a fight when snared, the control guy thought he may have damaged his leg.

As soon as he left - I looked up in my oak and saw another hanging out on a limb pretty high up.  The way he was moving I knew it wasn't going to be long until he fell.

Once he did, I figured he was a goner - I looked - eyes shut and not moving.  Then I had to figure out how to dispose.  Fortunately, when I went back to look - his eyes were open, so I was able to get animal control back and they were able to take his as well.

They told me the first one had to be put down - didn't check on the second one.

Who, exactly, did you call?

I called MPD - and I think they alerted Bloomfield Animal Control.

If his eyes were closed, would you not be allowed to call Animal Control? Would you have had to dispose of him yourself?

Does Maplewood not have its own Animal Control anymore?  I'm sure we called them at some point, for a bat that got into the bedroom, from the attic or some such thing.

Raccoons are very good at playing dead. I don’t trust them. The fact that they were active in the middle of the day is what caused animal control to come out right away. Seems they were both rabid and had to be euthanized. 

Juniemoon said:

If his eyes were closed, would you not be allowed to call Animal Control? Would you have had to dispose of him yourself?

Does Maplewood not have its own Animal Control anymore?  I'm sure we called them at some point, for a bat that got into the bedroom, from the attic or some such thing.

Maplewood has contracted out animal control services since JAC closed.  We presently have a contract with Bloomfield but it does not cover everything Debbie Hadu did.

joan_crystal said:

Maplewood has contracted out animal control services since JAC closed.  We presently have a contract with Bloomfield but it does not cover everything Debbie Hadu did.

Bloomfield’s shelter is not taking in anymore animals, they’re filled to capacity. In fact if animals are not adopted soon they will be forced to euthanize them. It’s just overwhelming.

Juniemoon said:

If his eyes were closed, would you not be allowed to call Animal Control? Would you have had to dispose of him yourself?

Does Maplewood not have its own Animal Control anymore?  I'm sure we called them at some point, for a bat that got into the bedroom, from the attic or some such thing.

If the raccoon was dead - I would have to dispose of it myself.  On both occasions I was hoping they were going to hang on until AC arrived.  They told me to call back if they passed away prior to their arrival.

A few days later - I had a bat in the house.  This also happened a few years ago.  It truly is a freaky thing to deal with.  On both occasions, I opened up our sliding back door - both eventually found their way out.

Also - interesting note in Maplewood's Animal Control info:

Animal Control does not handle dead deer on private property. They must be moved to the street, and the Maplewood Department of Public Works can then handle pick up.

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They should mention that no dead animals are handled by animal control.  It was interesting that DPW does take deer.

Jaytee said:

Bloomfield’s shelter is not taking in anymore animals, they’re filled to capacity. In fact if animals are not adopted soon they will be forced to euthanize them. It’s just overwhelming.

Maplewood’s contract with Bloomfield does not cover animal surrender.  It never did.

jamie said:

Also - interesting note in Maplewood's Animal Control info:

Animal Control does not handle dead deer on private property. They must be moved to the street, and the Maplewood Department of Public Works can then handle pick up.

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They should mention that no dead animals are handled by animal control.  It was interesting that DPW does take deer.

idle curiosity - what happens if a homeowner is disabled or elderly or just simply not very strong, and cannot move the deer on their own? Is there someone you can call and pay to move it? Deer are pretty large animals.

HatsOff said:

idle curiosity - what happens if a homeowner is disabled or elderly or just simply not very strong, and cannot move the deer on their own? Is there someone you can call and pay to move it? Deer are pretty large animals.

I was going to call Fur Finder to remove the raccoon - looks like they remove deer as well:

https://www.furfindernj.com/

I'm sure it's fairly rare for a deer to die on your property.

jamie said:

I was going to call Fur Finder to remove the raccoon - looks like they remove deer as well:

https://www.furfindernj.com/

I'm sure it's fairly rare for a deer to die on your property.

I agree, which is why it is just idle curiosity.

It happened to my sister though. She saw her dog struggling in the brush near her .. he was trying to drag something out.  Dead deer. I don't know what they did with it, she told it as a funny story. My sister is an amateur comedic actress and acted the whole thing out. Her dog is not tiny, but not a big guy either.

IIRC she doesn't live anywhere near here.

Good to have that link in any case as a dead raccoon or other unfortunate beasties can happen around here. 

Here's a Maplewood raccoon story that happened at my house many ,many years ago .I was teaching school and would come home for lunch. There was a mob of people on the front lawn. It seemed that my mother was upstairs mopping the bedroom when she saw an animal passing the door. It went downstairs turning right into the living room. With mop in hand she ran down the stairs, across the street to a neighbors and called the police. The police arrived. The raccoon had climbed up the fireplace chimney(probably the way it entered] .The police smoked the raccoon up to the roof and the game warden shot it. I'm sure that would never be allowed today. Also a man watching on Ridgewood had a heart attack so rescue squad was there.  I really felt sorry about the raccoon and someone said it was expecting. Going back in the house I kept looking for more but luckily none. Back to school I went.