Questions
Twelve Straight Answers
No hedging and no filler. If the one you came for is missing, the phone is quicker than scrolling.
Why can I not find a Lancaster department that does this?
Because there does not appear to be one advertised. Checked on 14 September 2026, the city website says nothing about dead animals, carcasses or roadkill on its services index, its sanitation page, its trash cart guidelines or its FAQ. That is an absence of a published service, not a refusal, and it is worth one call to Sanitation on 740-687-6660 if the animal is in a street.
There is a deer at the back of my lot. Is that mine to sort out?
If it is on your land, it is. Ohio Revised Code 941.14 assigns disposal to whoever holds the premises where the animal died. Deer defeat most householders on two counts: the carcass is heavier than one person can manage, and wheeling it out with the household waste is not a lawful route.
How does a job here get priced?
Verbally, once somebody understands the situation. The variables are species and size, position on the plot, how near a vehicle can be brought, and elapsed time since it died. Nothing is printed here because the pricing belongs to the operator and no figure has been cleared for publication.
Why does access matter so much in Fairfield County?
Because the county gives you town lots and long gravel lanes within half an hour of each other. The same deer twenty feet from a paved driveway and at the bottom of a wooded draw are not the same amount of work, and a price quoted without asking about access is a guess.
The smell is inside a wall. Can anything be done?
If that wall connects to an attic, a crawl space or another space somebody can get into, often yes. If it is a sealed interior wall with no route to it, no. Reaching it means cutting the wall open and then repairing it, which is construction work and is not booked through this line.
How long will the smell last if nothing is taken out?
It fades as the animal dries out. How long depends on the size of the animal, the time of year and how much air moves through the space. Nobody can give you an honest number of days, and a website that prints one is guessing.
Can somebody come out today?
Only the operator can say, and it turns on how their week already looks. No promise of same-day attendance, no arrival slot and no round-the-clock cover is made anywhere on this site, because none of it is within this site’s power to deliver.
Pickerington has a Franklin County feel. Is it covered?
It sits in Fairfield County and is inside the territory this line covers, whatever the mailing address suggests. Put the ZIP on the form and you get a straight answer rather than a guess based on which way somebody commutes.
Is Alpha Wildlife based in Lancaster?
This site makes no claim about where the operator is based, and there is no office behind this name. It is an advertising and booking line: what you send goes to an independent operator who covers Fairfield County and contracts with you directly.
Will you tell me what animal it is from a description?
Occasionally, though usually not, and it matters less than callers assume. Bulk, position and reachability drive the work far more than species does. Report what is visible and leave naming it to whoever attends.
What happens to it after it leaves my property?
The operator bags it, takes it away and handles disposal. ORC 941.14 sets out the lawful methods; that duty sits with the property owner until somebody is engaged to deal with it.
I sent the form. What happens next?
It lands with whichever operator holds your ZIP, and they ring the number you supplied to agree money and timing. Submission alone reserves nothing. Impatient callers get to the identical place faster by phone.
Cannot tell what you are dealing with?
Most people cannot, and it is not a reason to wait. Say what you can see or smell and roughly where. If it turns out to be somebody else's to deal with, that is what you will hear back.