This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary - in New Hampshire or Vermont, one would simply call the area Fish and Game office which would send out a ranger promptly to either remove it altogether or move it to a more remote area to let the wildlife do the rest of the picking over process so that your pets would not be tempted or upset by its presence. We had a similar event this winter when the coyotes took down a beautiful doe and tormented it for hours after it broke both hind legs on the ice trying to get away by crossing the ice covered stream behind our home - it ended up frozen in the water but put up a fearsome struggle. The F & G fellow arrived, sized up the situation and decided to move it across the river where no cross country skiers (many trails for skiers) or domestic animals might happen upon it. This gentleman said he might as well let nature (coyotes finish what it started). Fairly sensible.