Dead Animal Removal Allentown, PA

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Welcome to Allentown Dead Animal Removal! Got a terrible smell in your house, or do you see a dead critter on your property? We are an animal control company specializing in the removal of dead animals from your home, attic, basement, walls, yard, or any part of your property. You clearly don't want a dead animal in your house. Carcasses attract flies and give off terrible smells, not to mention the potential diseases rotting flesh can cause. Whenever we remove dead animals, we use 100% safe methods and make sure to disinfect your home and get rid of all traces of odor. Click here for Free Roadkill Removal and click here for Dead Pet Body Removal. For deceased wild animals in your home or property, call us anytime at 484-873-2457 to schedule an appointment for today! We come out fast! Some of the services we offer include:

  • Dead Animal Removal
  • Foul Odor Diagnosis
  • Full Property Inspections
  • House Damage Repairs
  • Dead Body Location Services
  • Proper Carcass Disposal
  • Cleanup & Decontamination Services
  • Deodorization Services

CALL US ANYTIME AT 484-873-2457


dead animal removal

We are Allentown Dead Animal– a family-run company that specializes in the removal and control of nuisance wildlife. Our team of fully trained technicians can find and remove wild animals, both dead and alive, in all places of your home or business residence. Some of the calls we have encountered (and successfully resolved) include dead animals under the porch, caught in fences, in the chimney, under decking, in basements, inside wall cavities, in the attic, under the roof, in the pool, and many more. This includes rodents, raccoons, opossums, bats, birds, and others. With decades of experience in dead animal location and removal, our friendly team here at Allentown Dead Animal have everything they need – tools, knowledge, and the solution to your problems. Your technician will quickly locate the problem – either alive or dead animals, before then coming up with a plan that suits both you and the animal to remove it. Any mess will be cleared away, and any biological hazards will be eliminated using biological enzyme cleaners. This removes the threat of disease that comes hand-in-hand with wild animal feces, bedding, dead bodies, babies, and even just the materials the animal(s) comes into contact with. If you’re interested in learning more about what we can do for you and your property, give us a call today. You can reach us on 484-873-2457, and our phones are answered 24/7.

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What if you found roadkill or a dead animal such as a deer in a public place, and you want the city or Lehigh County services to remove it for free? Click here for Free Lehigh County Dead Animal Removal services. What if a farm animal like a horse, or your beloved pet dog or pet cat has died and you need the body taken away? Click here for Dead Pet Body Removal.

We are experts in dead animal removal, and take our job seriously. When removing dead animals, we do a COMPLETE job — not only do we remove the dead animal from your home or yard, we also decontaminate the area, deodorize it, and dispose of the animal or cremate it. If you aren't sure whether the stench in your house is due to a rotting carcass or another reason, we can sniff it out with our noses from our years of experience. We remove dead raccoons, dead opossums, dead skunks, dead squirrels, dead birds, even dead dogs and cats. We frequently remove dead rodents from inside walls, because poison kills rats and mice, who die in your house. We completely solve your dead animal problem by taking these steps:

  • Sniff out the dead animal if it is somewhere in your home
  • When necessary, for example if the animal is in a wall or under your house, cut a hole to remove the animal
  • Remove the dead animal, safely and completely (and seal the hole if needed)
  • Finish the job by decontaminating and deodorizing your home
  • Properly dispose of the dead animal through incineration or other means
  • Prevent it from happening again by finding out how they got in your house


Dead animal carcass removal is specialty work. Sometimes the job is simple, such as a dead opossum in the yard, in which case we can simply wear our gloves and respirator mask, bag the carcass, and take it away for incineration. Sometimes this is more complex, such as when the dead animal is under a home crawlspace, under a porch or deck or shed. Or if the animal is larger, such as a dog or a deer. The most complex cases are dead animals inside the house. The animal may have died inside the attic, or down in the walls, or the duct work, or any other part of the architecture. You may have a bad smell in your home, and you're not even sure what's causing it. We've removed not just dead animals, but rotting food, bad mold, etc. We specialize in locating the source of the smell, and we very commonly cut a hole in the ceiling or wall to remove the animal. We remove every bit of the carcass, mop up the juices, vacuum the maggots, spray it and wipe it down with disinfectant, cleaner, and we repair the hole we cut. In some cases we use ozone machines to neutralize odor.

Allentown Dead Animal Tip: Why do raccoons die inside houses or attics?

Raccoons are wild animals that sometimes come into your home. Not only that but often they make their way to your attic. Once in your home or attic, they will build their nests and sometimes they will even end up dying inside your house or attic. Read on if you want to know why raccoons die inside houses or attics.

Isolation and stress kills
The first reason for raccoons dying in your house or attic is they are isolated and stressed. Isolation kills raccoons like nothing else. Since they like to live together, when a raccoon becomes isolated it will have to survive on its own. If they do not have other raccoons to keep them company, they will become tense and stressed and this is what kills them sooner or later.

Poison
Second, raccoons die in houses or attics because the homeowner may have left some poison which the raccoon consumes. There are some poisons that can paralyze the raccoon and if they eat something lethal, then they will first suffer from paralysis and then they will die.

Fight each other to the death
A third reason why raccoons die in the house or attic is they have got into a fight with another raccoon. Since they are territorial by nature, they will fight each other for space and for mating. When they fight, the male raccoon in particular will fight fiercely till their opponent dies. You can tell that a raccoon died in your house or attic in a fight when you see a real mess there.

Disease
Raccoons can die because they contracted a disease. They can suffer from a variety of illnesses and diseases and these can kill the raccoon. When a raccoon falls ill, it will normally try to leave its nesting place but if they cannot escape your house or attic, then it will die there.

Defending babies
Fifth, raccoons can also die because the mother raccoon died defending its babies. Baby raccoons are known to wander about without having a good idea where they are going. Your pet or cat can come across a baby raccoon and will attack and kill it. Alternatively, the mother raccoon might abandon one or more of its babies and once the little raccoon is left to fend for itself, it may not be able get food and water and may starve to death. As a homeowner, you need to make every effort to get rid of the dead raccoon’s body. Also, it pays for you to identify the reason why raccoons are entering your home and after inspecting your home, you should either block their entry points or humanely try to evict them. If you succeed in preventing raccoons from entering your home or attic, you will have won the war against them and then you won’t need to worry about why they die in your home or attic.

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