So I found this dead bird, see

[pzarquon]

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Okay....but perhaps someone could find out what to do, with a dead, or sick bird (or dog, or cat, or probably a mongoose, or pig, cause they can get it, too)(and maybe freshwater fish).

I don't know about those other animals, but going back to dead birds, the page that Steve linked in his initial post has lots of information. Stemming from a page on West Nile Virus, you can learn:

• Bird monitoring.
• Which birds to collect.
• Where to take them. (And as Steve discovered, there's an official form.)

There's also a FAQ, a couple of printable information sheets, and stuff on mosquito control. I barely knew this stuff was so structured, though it's been written up more than once. So I've certainly learned something new today.

[Linkmeister]

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I gotta tell ya, that official form looks a lot better in pdf format than it does when it's been photocopied a zillion times, like the one I filled out had been.

[Glen Miyashiro]

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I have always been amazed that we don't see more dead wild animals lying around all the time. After all, there are probably hundreds -- thousands? -- of wild animals that die in Honolulu every week. Where are all the carcasses? Boy, those scavengers sure are effective.

[Linkmeister]

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I don't think it's true of birds, but most mammals seem to crawl off into holes to die, or so I've read.

[SusieMisajon]

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I have always been amazed that we don't see more dead wild animals lying around all the time. After all, there are probably hundreds -- thousands? -- of wild animals that die in Honolulu every week. Where are all the carcasses? Boy, those scavengers sure are effective.

Over here, we have streetsweepers.

[tutusue]

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Over here, we have streetsweepers.

What happens if an animal doesn't die in street?

[SusieMisajon]

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What happens if an animal doesn't die in street?

If it's a big animal, there's a truck that comes, and takes it away, probably to be turned into petfood, or burned. Pets can be taken to the vet, where he'll put them into his big freezer, til the same large-animal truck comes for them. Pets cost, large animals are free.

If it's outside of town (this is a farming community), and a deer, or a wild pig, nothing much happens...the stink eventually goes away, and, after a while, there's only bones and bits of fur left.

In the autumn and winter, the remains left, after pig slaughtering, are usually fed to the other pigs, buried, or thrown into the river. Or sometimes left to the town, by putting it in the dumpsters.

We don't have a SPCA, here, really. There's a small kennel, run by volunteers, and paid for by the town, for stray dogs. The dogs are usuall kept til they're adopted. Cats are completely on their own, although there is an old lady, in town, that adops as many as she can...she has 35 in her house, right now, but she's getting old, and is on a limited, fixed income, so it's difficult for her.

Not many people spay or castrate their animals. Spaying is considered a waste of $$$...kittens are usually buried alive, or drowned. I remember being in a restaurant, and having my meal ruined, because a lady at another table was telling all about how she puts her kittens in a canning jar of water, and then shakes the jar, til the deed is done. Puppies are brained against a wall. Castration? Not for these macho people!

It's a shame, really...cause our wonderful vet will put down newborns humanely, and for free, if you go before their eyes have opened. After that, he'll give you a bottle of ether, and a cotton pad...it's up to you, to supply the plastic bag. But he's not all that hot, for castration, either...I got the cats done, and the dog, the pony, and tha donkey...and he then said to me, "well, Susie, I can see that you are a divorced woman". Haha, too funny.

[SusieMisajon]

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I am told, by someone who works in the industry, and lives in Hawaii, that you should dial 211, for dead birds. They recommend using a land line, rather than a cell phone.