Guam § 35105 - Disposal of Dead Animals.

§ 35105. Disposal of Dead Animals.

(a) Animal carcasses and organs affected with disease transmissible or

possibly transmissible to man or animals shall be destroyed and not used for

animal or human consumption.

(b) No person shall deposit or leave any dead animal on any land

surface or in any stream or body of water within Guam.

(c) Animal carcasses or organs or any parts thereof destroyed by

burying shall be buried to such a depth that no part of any such carcasses or

organs shall be nearer than three (3) feet to the natural surface of the ground

if such carcasses or organs or parts thereof shall together weigh fifty (50)

pounds or more, or no nearer than one (1) foot to the natural surface of the

ground if such carcasses or organs or parts thereof shall together weigh less

than fifty (50) pounds. No carcasses or organs or any parts thereof shall be

buried within three hundred (300) feet of a well or any stream, river, lake or

other natural body of water.

(d) Carcasses of animals dying from disease or accident and all parts

thereof shall be disposed of in the manner provided above within twenty-

four (24) hours of death of such animals.

(e) The disposal of animal carcasses shall be the responsibility of the

person or whose property the animal died. The collection and disposition of

animal carcasses found on public property shall be the responsibility of the

Department of Public Health and Social Services. In the event of indications

or suspicion of disease transmissible to man in any animal carcass, the

Director shall be notified.