Updated 01/2011
Disposal of Dead Animals
Contents
- Statutes
- Guidelines
- Ordinance Provisions
- Related MRSC Pages
Statutes
- RCW 16.36.102 - Duty to Bury Carcass of Diseased Livestock -- Dead Livestock Presumed Diseased
- Ch. 16.68 RCW - Disposal of Dead Animals
- WAC 246-203-121 - Disposal of Dead Animals
Guidelines
- Animal Disposal Following an Emergency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Disposal of Animal Carcasses (not exposed to disease causing germs), King County Public Health
- Proper Disposal of Dead Animals Fact Sheet (
), Benton-Franklin Health District, 07/2009
Ordinance Provisions
- Cashmere Municipal Code Sec. 8.16.050 - Garbage - Dead Animal Disposal
- Enumclaw Municipal Code Sec. 8.12.240 - Garbage - Dead Animals
- King County Solid Waste Acceptance Rule, PUT 7-1-5 (PR), 06/20/2005
6.0 Policies - 6.2 Individual dead animals weighing less than 15 pounds may be disposed in the general waste stream. Dead animals weighing more than 15 pounds, or dead animals disposed in quantity should be taken to a rendering plant, veterinary clinic, animal shelter, pet cemetery or buried on the property owners property, so long as no nuisance is created. If none of these methods are available, dead animals may be accepted at the Cedar Hills Landfill or other designated facility when accompanied by a Waste Clearance Decision
- Vader Ordinance No. 2002-03 (
) - Sec. 13 - Removal of Dead Animals
- West Richland Municipal Code Sec. 8.04.100 (
) - Dead animal disposal
- Yakima Municipal Code Sec. 4.16.170 (2)(g) - Disposal of dead animals

