Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Dead deer dumped on your private property is your problem


Dumping on a private property is another expense property owners incur in a city without adequate revenue.  

Pacifica Tribune/Jane Northrop, Staff, 1/8/13.  "Dead deer dumped on Gypsy Hill Road."
Dead deer dumped next to dumped tires

Private road at Gypsy Hill
"Residents of Gypsy Hill Road came home to a grim sight Thursday (1/3/13) at about 5 p.m. A dead deer lay in the road.

The dead deer was positioned next to a large trash bag that was full of ice, ice that was melting. That made it appear to be a deliberate dumping of both the ice and the deer, although Pacifica police say the deer may have naturally died there. 

....  "We cannot spend public resources going to private property," Ocampo said. "I have straightened out the misinformation. Even though the police officer made a mistake, we cannot rectify the mistake by making another mistake by removing it. We do not have the staff to do this, if it is not a life-threatening issue. If a tree were about to fall, we'd take care of it, but not if it's a cleanup." Read article.

Note:  Photographs from the Pacifica Tribune, deer photograph by Clorinda Campagna. 

Posted by Kathy Meeh

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just drag it to the side and let nature take it's course. The birds will help.

Anonymous said...

Why wasn't the PHS called? When a deer died by our house we called them and they came right out and picked it up.

Anonymous said...

Read the whole article.

"She called the Peninsula Humane Society and was told it could not pick up the deer because it was located on a private road."