Columbus Dead Animal Removal
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Columbus & Franklin County · Private property

Dead Animal Removal
in Columbus, OH

Something died at your place. You want it gone, the smell dealt with, and your day back. That’s the whole service — one call does it.

Two ways to start

Phone beats form. But both work.

On the phone you can describe it, get your questions answered, and have pricing confirmed before work starts — all in a few minutes: 614-383-9698

Rather type it out? Three quick fields on the right and someone calls you back at the number you leave. Either way, nobody’s asking you to poke around the crawl space first.

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You’ll get a callback at this number.

The first question that matters

Can you see the animal, or just smell it?

You can see it

A carcass in the yard, the driveway, the garage floor, a window well. That’s the quick version of this job: it gets bagged, carried out, and disposed of properly — and if it leaked onto concrete or soil, the spot gets attention too. Deer are their own category with their own page: dead deer removal.

You can only smell it

The harder, more common call. A sweetish odor that gets stronger by the day means something died in a void — wall, ceiling, attic floor, crawl space. Locating it takes method, not luck, and it’s the heart of the in-house removal and odor removal work.

Whose job is it?

On your property, it’s yours — until you call

A carcass lying in the public street is generally a city matter. On your own ground — yard, rental, business lot, or inside the building — getting it out is on the owner. That’s the entire reason this number exists: 614-383-9698

  1. Tell us what you’ve got

    Call or send the form. Describe what you see or smell — pricing is confirmed before work starts.

  2. We find it and remove it

    Visible carcasses go quick. Hidden ones get located properly and recovered through the building’s real access points.

  3. The spot gets treated

    Where the animal lay, we clean and deodorize — because removing it and leaving the stink helps nobody.

Coverage

Columbus first, Franklin County wide

The city end to end — from Franklinton and the Hilltop across to Eastmoor and Whitehall, up through Linden and Northland — plus the suburbs ringing it: Hilliard, Gahanna, Reynoldsburg, Grandview Heights, and the rest of Franklin County. If you’re just past the county line, call anyway; you’ll get a straight yes or no while you’re still on the phone.

Every kind of private property qualifies: houses and doubles, apartment buildings, small businesses, churches, storage yards. Details on the coverage page — or skip it and send the address.

Before you call

Asked and answered

What if I can’t tell what the animal is — or exactly where?

That’s most calls, honestly. A smell behind the kitchen, scratching that went quiet, something dark under the shed — describe what you’ve got and that’s plenty to work with. Identifying it is part of the job, not your homework.

The smell seems to be inside a wall. What can actually be done?

A lot, done right. Carcasses get recovered through the access a building already has — attic hatches, crawl openings, chases, gaps behind panels — after the location is narrowed down properly. When one is truly sealed behind finished drywall, you get the honest version: the exact spot, and what your options are. What you won’t get is somebody hacking holes on a hunch.

How does pricing work?

Every job is priced on its own facts: where the animal is, its size, the time it’s been sitting, and what reaching it involves. Pricing is confirmed before work starts — no meter running, no surprise add-ons at the truck.

What happens to the animal afterward?

It leaves with the crew and gets disposed of properly — it doesn’t go in your bin, your alley, or anyone’s ditch. Where the carcass touched the structure, the spot gets cleaned and treated too.

Is the smell going to fade on its own?

Eventually, but “eventually” can mean weeks with the source still in place, and warm days bring it roaring back. Once the carcass is out and the spot is treated, the odor winds down over days to a few weeks. Leave the source in, and you’re just waiting it out the hard way.

Is this just for houses?

No — any private property in the Columbus area. Rentals, small businesses, church grounds, storage lots. If it died on ground you’re responsible for, it’s the same call.

Let’s get it out of there

The carcass isn’t improving and neither is the smell. One call turns it into a finished job.

Call 614-383-9698

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