Road Kill... Issue:

A Black Bag and a Shovel, a Pair of Gloves and you have a Road Kill disposal kit. There isn't need for a great investment of special equipment. Where the bag is dumped can be dealt during normal business hours.

The Yuck Factor of the road kill should not be the smell of a skunk. It should be that road kill begets more road kill. Dead Animals attract scavengers that then become dead animals. Dead Animals attract flies, flies will spread disease.

So the solution is. Scoop and bag the dead animal. Get over it people. If you see a dead animal pick it up... Wear gloves, have a baggie, tie off the bag and dispose of it in a Road Kill Disposal Can At the City.

This would be much more cost effective. How much of our "Animal Control" is for Road Kill Removal?

Road Kill of a Larger Animal may need equipment the City or Citizens do not have available. The rest should be no problem.

Lost Dogs? How many do we impound? How many are reclaimed? How many are destroyed? Could one of the Pet Washes or Vets in town provide a 2 day in town impound prior to the animals being shipped off to San Bernardino? Could a group of dog lovers run a "Safe House" for strays where they foster for 2 or 4 days prior to the animals being sent out of town? What other options have been evaluated. Increasing the amounts paid for services every time encourages the next increase.

Perhaps there are alternatives that need to be looked into. Perhaps GT can be creative and self sustaining and not rely on outside services quite so much. We don't have so many strays that we need a full time Dog Hunter. If we scoop our own road kill. If we try to find the owners in 3 days prior to calling in the Animal Control action, we can well do with a part time service from Colton or San Bernardino and lower the cost to the tax payer.