Animal welfare

Report:

• Report dead animals or birds
• Report dead agricultural livestock

Information about:

• Injured animals or birds and animal cruelty - RSPCA
• Advice about sick and injured birds - RSPB
• Farm animal welfare line - RSPCA
• Animal disease: Bluetongue, Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine TB (tuberculosis), Swine influenza, Avian influenza (bird flu), Schmallenberg virus, etc

See also :

• Stray animals - see dog warden

Dead animals or birds

See also: Avian influenza (bird flu) - current update (above)

Adur & Worthing Councils will remove, or arrange to remove, dead animals (eg cats, dogs, badgers, foxes), birds and larger animals, (eg deer), from public land and highway's including verges, except for the A27 which is the responsibility of the Highways Agency.

Adur & Worthing Councils will also arrange removal of dead animals found washed up on the beach (eg dolphins, seals, whales).

Dead animals will normally be removed within 48 hours of being reported to ensure that it does not pose a health hazard.

The removal of dead animals from private land is the duty of the landowner.

Usually the bodies of domestic pets will be retained for a day or so (depending upon their condition), to allow time for their owners to collect them, should they so wish.

Adur & Worthing Councils scan dead domestic pets to see whether they have an electronic tag. We use the tag number to obtain the owners contact details. We also keep a record of all dead domestic pets collected and, as far as possible this is matched against the log of all animals reported missing to us.

When you report a dead animal to us please ensure you supply the following information:

• location of the dead animal (eg an adjacent or nearby address)
• brief details of the animal (such as type, colour, size)
• and the time at which you saw the animal

Report dead animals or birds:

If you would like to report a dead animal that you have seen please ring 01903 851729 or send waste an e-mail or use the:

Street cleansing request - dead animal (online form)

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Agricultural livestock

If you find any dead agricultural livestock (eg a cow, sheep, pig or horse), we will attempt to find and instruct the owner to remove as appropriate.

When you report a dead animal to us please ensure you supply the following information:

• location of the dead animal including:
  • an adjacent or nearby address
  • road number if known (eg A283)
  • nearby local landmarks or features if on a country road
• details of the animal (such as type, colour, size, condition, etc)
• and the time at which you saw the animal

If you would like to report any dead agricultural livestock that you have seen please ring 01903 851729 or send waste an e-mail or use the:

Street cleansing request - dead animal (online form)

See also (further down this page):

• RSPCA farm animal welfare line
• Aimal disease: Bluetongue, Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine TB (tuberculosis), Swine influenza, Avian influenza (bird flu), Schmallenberg virus, etc

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Injured animals or birds and animal cruelty - RSPCA

If you find an injured animal or bird then please report it to the RSPCA's 24-hour national cruelty and advice line. You will need to provide details of the animal and precise location.

Where possible and safe to do so, confine the animal and/or stay with it, keeping it quiet, still and warm. Do NOT attempt to feed or give water to any injured animal.

Although the RSPCA can be contacted at any time of day or night, RSPCA inspectors can only attend calls outside normal office hours (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday) in an emergency. The Society will always do its best to help an animal in need.

The Society relies entirely on voluntary donations, so please understand that its resources are far more limited than the other emergency services.

You can also refer to the RSPCA website which give advice on a wide range of subjects:

• RSPCA website
• RSPCA website: Reporting cruelty to animals or animals in distress
• RSPCA website: FAQs : General advice for all animals and birds - eg:
  • Tricky problems - birds: What to do with oiled birds, injured swans, trapped or tangled birds
  • Wildlife - birds: What to do with injured birds, or abandoned young birds
• RSPCA website: contact details page

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Advice about sick and injured birds - RSPB

You can also refer to the RSPB website for information and advice about:

• RSPB website
• RSPB website: Sick, injured, oiled, stranded and baby birds
• RSPB website: Sick birds
• RSPB website: Helping birds

See also on our website :

• RSPB Wildfowl Reserve on the River Adur
• River Adur

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Farm animal welfare line - RSPCA

The RSPCA has a farm animal welfare line to provide support to farmers and livestock owners.

The service is available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week.

Calls will be handled by a dedicated team, and, if necessary, passed onto frontline RSPCA staff to assess what help is needed.

See also: Report dead agricultural livestock (above)

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Animal disease: Bluetongue, Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine TB (tuberculosis), Swine influenza, Avian influenza (bird flu), Schmallenberg virus, etc

These diseases are monitored and controlled by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs).

For news of the latest situation, control or contingency plans, movement guidance, licences, useful information and interactive maps of current restriction zones regarding these issues please see the relevant DEFRA webpages:

• GOV.UK website: Notifiable diseases in animals - such as Bluetongue, Foot & Mouth Disease, Bovine TB (tuberculosis), Swine influenza, Avian influenza (bird flu), Schmallenberg virus, etc
• GOV.UK website: Disease control - Biosecurity and good hygiene
• DEFRA information (GOV.UK website) - for animal diseases and welfare links

See also: Report dead agricultural livestock (above)

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