Several residents in the Haldi Road area are concerned about a moose carcass that has been on the side of the road since at least Tuesday.
Jody Kalusen said several of her neighbours have contacted the City of Prince George’s public works department responsible for animal control, conservation officers and the police to have the carcass removed.
The animal was left on Lesley Road. Its ribs are exposed, meat is still on its bones and its organs are in a bag next to the animal.
“This isn’t a case of a moose getting hit by a car, the animal is wrapped in a blue tarp, like it has been dumped on the side of the road deliberately,” said Kalusen.
Conservation Officer Services in Victoria told the The Citizen their department is not responsible for dead animals.
“I phoned animal control and I phoned a few people,” said Kalusen. “Somebody should be responsible for the animal; this isn’t a dumping ground. If it was dumped on Domano Boulevard, [officers] would be all over it like maggots. Because it’s on Leslie Road, they don’t want to do anything about it.
“It’s ... a poached animal or something, it has not been hit by a car,” she said.
“The city says it’s not up to them, animal control says it’s not up to them and conservation officers say it’s not up to them, so what are we supposed to do?”
The city’s animal control representative didn’t respond to a request for comment by deadline.
According to the conservation department, if a carcass is on the highway, it would be the highways contractor that would be responsible for removing the carcass; if it is in the township of Prince George, it would be the public works department that would be tasked with removing it.
