Who should I call (or should I bother)?

[duckmeister]

Just a question I had and I'm not sure where to post this.

Puck and I were out today for birds/exercise and we came across a disturbing sight. We found a young farm animal dead, with twine around its neck) on public land. It was either a goat or a calf. I didn't get a great look at it because I didn't want Puck anywhere near it. My question is who should I call, the DNR or the Sheriff? This may just be someone who dumped a farm animal/pet that died (and they didn't know what else to do) or it could be a case of animal abuse (the twine around the neck seemed kind of strange). Please, no responses about satanic cults, I've already thought of about 25 jokes to make about that. I guess I just want to know who to call, or if I should even bother.

And no, reporting it to the Humane Society of the United States is not a good reply either. :lol:

DM

[2PawsRiver]

I would go with the sheriff's Department....just be ready to show them where it is located.

[boehr]

Dept of Agriculture, its a farm animal.

[Linda G.]

I'm not sure that it's legal, as I don't know all the rules about predator hunting with a call, but could it be bait for a predator hunter? Something that died that he was given and dragged out there?

[One Eye]

I would call the local Sheriff.

Dan

[Trophy Specialist]

A few years ago someone dumped a cow along the road on my property in Delta Co. I reported it to both the DNR and the Sheriff. I never heard back from eithor of them and the cow was never removed. It probably died from some disease and a local farmer dumped it there. It was the second cow I had found in the area disposed of that way, which is very illegal. If TB or some other bovine originated disease ever shows up in wild deer in the U.P. I have some great photos waiting to be published. Funny thing, scavangers never touched the cow and my area has more ravens and coyotes than you can shake a stick at.