FREE ROADKILL REMOVAL NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
Roadkill is an animal that has been hit and killed by a motor vehicle on a road, street, or highway. The number of dead animals on roadways in the United States has been estimated to be a million per day. Roadkill considerably contributes to the decline in the population of many threatened wildlife species. However, roadkill provides a source of food for scavenger wildlife species such as vultures, crows, ravens, coyotes, foxes, and opossums. In areas with large populations of scavengers, dead animals can frequently be seen being removed by wildlife from roadways, sometimes within minutes of being struck by a motor vehicle. In particularly roadkill-prone areas, scavenging birds depend on roadkill for their food supply. These scavenging birds can be seen perched on telephone poles, overhead wires, and trees, waiting for wildlife, usually raccoons, opossums, and squirrels, to be struck by a passing vehicle so they can swoop down and feed on them. However, these scavengers are at a greater risk of becoming roadkill themselves. Roadkill also provides a free meal for scavenging human beings. Consuming roadkill is legal and even encouraged in some states, while it is strictly controlled or restricted in others. In Kentucky, the traditional roadkill stew or wild game stew is called Burgoo, a stew-like soup of squirrel, rabbit, opossum, mutton meat (or whatever meat is available), and vegetables.
In contrast, in most urban areas, the scavenger population is sparse, so roadkill will decompose indefinitely on the roadways and be further macerated by passing traffic. Consequently, the government agencies that maintain roadways in Nassau County, New York, must manually remove the remains of dead animals on our highways, roads, and streets. Removing dead animal carcasses from roadways is considered essential to public safety. The removal of a dead animal from a publicly traveled route eliminates the potential distraction and hazard of the corpse to other motorists. Expeditious removal by State, County, Town, City, or Village government agencies can also prevent the deaths of other wild animals that may want to feed on the carcass.
NEW YORK STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
If there is a dead animal on a New York State route in Nassau County, you can call 631-904-3050 or visit the New York State DOT website to have the carcass removed. The State of New York maintains all expressways and parkways in Nassau County, New York. Roadways maintained by the State of New York include:
• Long Island Expressway (Route 495).
• Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway (Route 135).
• Southern State Parkway.
• Northern State Parkway.
• Meadowbrook State Parkway.
• Wantagh State Parkway.
• Bethpage State Parkway.
• Cross Island Parkway.
• Sunrise Highway (Route 27).
• Hempstead Turnpike (Route 24).
• Jericho Turnpike (Route 25).
• Oyster Bay Road (Route 106).
• Hicksville Road (Route 107).
NASSAU COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
The Nassau County Department of Public Works removes dead animals from the routes they maintain. You can report roadkill at 516-571-6900. A list of streets maintained by Nassau County.
THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD ROADWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
The Town of Hempstead Highway Department removes dead animals from roads and parking fields that they maintain. You can report roadkill at 516-489-5000, ext.3471. A list of roadways maintained by Nassau County in the Town of Hempstead can be viewed on their website. The Nassau County Department of Public Works can be contacted at 516-571-6900. If the deceased animal is on a road, street, or avenue in the City of Long Beach or a roadway in an incorporated village in the Town of Hempstead, you will need to contact the City or village to have the animal removed.
THE TOWN OF NORTH HEMPSTEAD ROADS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
The Town of North Hempstead removes deceased animals from roadways that they maintain. You can report roadkill at 516-869-6311. If you are in one of the thirty-one incorporated villages within the Town of North Hempstead, contact the village for dead animal removal.
THE TOWN OF OYSTER BAY ROADWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
The Town of Oyster Bay removes dead animals from the streets they maintain. You can report roadkill at 516-677-5757. If you are in one of the incorporated villages within the Town of Oyster Bay, contact the village for deceased animal removal. Contact the Nassau County Department of Public Works at 516-571-6900 for roads in the Town of Oyster Bay that the Nassau County Department of Public Works maintains.
THE CITY OF GLEN COVE ROADWAYS IN NASSAU COUNTY, NY
The Glen Cove Department of Public Works removes animal carcasses from the City's streets. You can report roadkill at 516-676-4402. Contact the Nassau County Department of Public Works at 516-571-6900 for roads in Glen Cove that Nassau County maintains.
DEAD ANIMALS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
Contact the appropriate New York State or Nassau County government agency for free dead animal removal services when the dead animal carcass is on a public roadway or in a public park. For free dead animal removal from a New York State roadway, you must contact the New York State Department of Transportation. If you wish to report a dead wild animal in a New York State park, you need to contact the Long Island Region of the New York State Parks Department. The Nassau County Department of Public Works offers free dead animal removal when the animal carcass is on a Nassau County maintained roadway. If there is dead wildlife in a Nassau County park, contact the Nassau County Parks Department to have the deceased wildlife removed. The Highway Departments of the Town of Hempstead, the Town of North Hempstead, and the Town of Oyster Bay provide free dead animal removal when the animal corpse is on a street or road that they maintain. The Cities of Glen Cove and Long Beach and the incorporated villages in Nassau County all render free animal carcass removal when that animal is on a roadway or on public property that they maintain.
