Michigan Dead Animal Removal Service Areas
Michigan Dead Animal Removal dispatches same-day carcass removal across 26 Michigan cities. Each location page documents the local pickup ordinance, dispatch hub, response time, and species most frequently called in for that city.
Metros We Serve
Detroit, MI
Wayne — metro pop ~4,300,000
Detroit metro (Wayne/Oakland/Macomb) — Michigan's largest at 4.3M. Phase-2 flagship activated 2026-07-28 per flagship-metro deferral rule. Urban species mix (raccoon/opossum/skunk/…
Detroit details →Grand Rapids, MI
Kent — metro pop ~1,090,000
Grand Rapids metro (Kent/Ottawa counties). Grand River corridor + Riverside Park + the wooded suburban edge drive year-round wildlife pressure. Deer-vehicle collisions on M-6, US-1…
Grand Rapids details →Lansing, MI
Ingham — metro pop ~540,000
Lansing/East Lansing metro (Ingham/Eaton/Clinton counties). Grand River + Red Cedar River corridors and the MSU-area greenbelt bring deer + raccoon pressure. Deer-vehicle collision…
Lansing details →Flint, MI
Genesee — metro pop ~406,000
Flint metro (Genesee County). Flint River corridor + the rural-suburban edge in Grand Blanc, Flushing and Fenton drive deer and raccoon calls. Deer-vehicle collisions on I-69, I-75…
Flint details →Ann Arbor, MI
Washtenaw — metro pop ~370,000
Ann Arbor metro (Washtenaw County). The Huron River corridor + Ann Arbor's extensive nature-area system produce notably high urban deer density (the city runs a well-known deer-man…
Ann Arbor details →Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo — metro pop ~265,000
Kalamazoo metro (Kalamazoo County). Kalamazoo River corridor + the wooded Oshtemo/Texas Township edge drive wildlife pressure. Deer-vehicle collisions on I-94, US-131 and M-43; rac…
Kalamazoo details →Pontiac, MI
Oakland — metro pop ~1,288,337
Pontiac is the seat of Oakland County, Michigan's second-most-populous county at roughly 1.29 million residents and one of the most lake-dense counties in the country — well over a…
Pontiac details →Warren, MI
Macomb — metro pop ~886,221
Warren is Michigan's third-largest city and the population center of Macomb County's roughly 886,000 residents. The county runs from dense, tightly-platted inner-ring suburbs along…
Warren details →Holland, MI
Ottawa — metro pop ~308,459
Holland sits on Lake Macatawa where it opens into Lake Michigan, anchoring Ottawa County's roughly 308,000 residents — one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. The Grand R…
Holland details →Howell, MI
Livingston — metro pop ~197,315
Howell anchors Livingston County's roughly 197,000 residents in the lake country between Lansing and Detroit, a county that spent two decades as one of Michigan's fastest-growing a…
Howell details →Saginaw, MI
Saginaw — metro pop ~187,688
Saginaw sits on the Saginaw River where four rivers — the Tittabawassee, Cass, Flint, and Shiawassee — converge and run north to Saginaw Bay. Roughly 188,000 residents live in the …
Saginaw details →Muskegon, MI
Muskegon — metro pop ~177,901
Muskegon sits on Muskegon Lake where the Muskegon River meets Lake Michigan, anchoring roughly 178,000 residents. The county's shoreline is a near-continuous dune system — Muskegon…
Muskegon details →Port Huron, MI
St. Clair — metro pop ~160,486
Port Huron sits at the head of the St. Clair River where Lake Huron drains south, and the river here is an international border — Canada is a quarter mile across the water at the B…
Port Huron details →Jackson, MI
Jackson — metro pop ~159,552
Jackson holds roughly 160,000 residents at the headwaters of the Grand River, Michigan's longest. The county's defining land feature is the Waterloo Recreation Area — the largest s…
Jackson details →Monroe, MI
Monroe — metro pop ~156,004
Monroe sits on the River Raisin a mile from Lake Erie, anchoring roughly 156,000 residents along Michigan's only Lake Erie shoreline. That shoreline is the county's distinguishing …
Monroe details →St. Joseph, MI
Berrien — metro pop ~152,444
St. Joseph sits at the mouth of the St. Joseph River on Lake Michigan, county seat of Berrien County and its roughly 152,000 residents. This is Harbor Country — the closest Michiga…
St. Joseph details →Battle Creek, MI
Calhoun — metro pop ~133,408
Battle Creek is the largest city in Calhoun County, which holds roughly 133,000 residents where the Battle Creek River joins the Kalamazoo. The cereal industry built the city and i…
Battle Creek details →Allegan, MI
Allegan — metro pop ~123,188
Allegan County runs from the Lake Michigan shoreline at Saugatuck and Douglas inland across roughly 123,000 residents, and its defining feature is the Allegan State Game Area — at …
Allegan details →Charlotte, MI
Eaton — metro pop ~109,581
Charlotte is the seat of Eaton County, roughly 110,000 residents forming the southwestern quadrant of the Lansing metro. The Grand River clips the county's northeastern corner at G…
Charlotte details →Bay City, MI
Bay — metro pop ~102,123
Bay City straddles the Saginaw River four miles above where it empties into Saginaw Bay, anchoring Bay County's roughly 102,000 residents. The bay shoreline is the county's definin…
Bay City details →Adrian, MI
Lenawee — metro pop ~97,779
Adrian anchors Lenawee County's roughly 98,000 residents along the River Raisin in Michigan's southern tier, hard against the Ohio line. The county's northwest corner is the Irish …
Adrian details →Traverse City, MI
Grand Traverse — metro pop ~96,729
Traverse City sits at the base of Grand Traverse Bay, anchoring roughly 97,000 year-round residents in a county whose functional population multiplies in summer. This is the most t…
Traverse City details →Lapeer, MI
Lapeer — metro pop ~89,516
Lapeer County holds roughly 90,000 residents on the Flint River between the Detroit exurbs and the Thumb, and it functions as a transition county — new subdivision development push…
Lapeer details →Midland, MI
Midland — metro pop ~83,754
Midland sits where the Chippewa River joins the Tittabawassee — the confluence the Tridge footbridge spans — anchoring roughly 84,000 residents. Dow built the city and its unusuall…
Midland details →St. Johns, MI
Clinton — metro pop ~80,432
St. Johns is the seat of Clinton County, roughly 80,000 residents forming the northern edge of the Lansing metro. DeWitt and Bath townships at the southern end are commuter suburbs…
St. Johns details →Paw Paw, MI
Van Buren — metro pop ~76,071
Paw Paw is the seat of Van Buren County, roughly 76,000 residents in a county that runs from the Lake Michigan shore at South Haven inland through Michigan's densest concentration …
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