What would you do if you found a dead animal on your property?

Are we talking about a pet animal or a wild animal? If it's a pet, I'd see if there was any identification on it. Chances are the owners don't know what's happen and it would give them peace to mind to know the fate of their pet. If it's a wild animal, I guess I'd just bury it. I'm not really into taxidermy/skinning.

depends on what condition its in. i would skin it for its fur then let the rest rot down to the bones and keep the skull and make things with the bones

Just a note for reference:

In the event the dead animal is wildlife, the species of the dead animal may need to be reported to state or federal wildlife officials. For example, many species of birds cannot, by law, be moved or kept because of the Migratory Species Act of 1918 (even if the bird died of natural causes). If the animal is an endangered or threatened species and you found it dead, reporting it to authorities helps them track populations of animals and how they are faring. For example, if a rare animal such as a wolverine were dead on my land, wildlife authorities request the public report it to help them with wildlife species census tracking.

In any case, I would bury a deceased animal unless it was necessary to contact authorities for the reasons listed above. If the animal appeared to be a "companion animal," I would make an effort to make contact with the responsible people if there were any identification on the animal.

I would not merely "throw the animal into the garbage" as too many here wrote, it seems disrespectful, first of all, and secondly, it will attract scavenger animals to raid the garbage to reclaim the remains to consume it. If the animal was not a shooting or poisoning victim, better to leave the remains out where the carrion eater (vultures) can find the remains and quickly do their job.

Free dinner.

I don't own property, but if I did, and found a dead animal on it, it would probably mean that I shot it, in which case I would eat it, unless it was a coyote.

Take it to a good vet.

A few years ago, there was a dead squirrel in my backyard. There are some trees in my backyard, so I think it when it was trying to jump from one tree to the next, and missed one of its limbs... and it fell :(

put both palms on the back of its head and fuck it untill decay

If it was freshly dead: I would use the skin for taxidermy practice/projects a, the flesh would be dumped in the woods, and the bones for accenting certain taxidermy projects.

Id eat a dead animal yummmm :)

Call animal services for my city.

I'd leave it alone

How big is it and how did it die?

It would depend on what state it was in and what species.

If it were a vertebrate of decent size, I'd rub my hands together in excitement of being able to have a new addition to my collection of bones.

Bury it in compost to decompose the flesh for a few weeks, checking it occasionally then boil it and scrub it clean. The skull is the prized part, vertebrae are good too, but, that's where the 'state of it' comes in - it could be half eaten by something else.

Like the remains at the beach... vertebrae, ribs, pelvis - where was the skull? Still bagged 'em, boiled 'em and sterilized them anyway.

I like collecting stuff like that.

Leave it where it is at, and let nature take its course with it and let it decay naturally!

make a hat out of it

Depends what it is. If it was a bird or a rat, I'd put it straight in the bin. If it was a family pet or a large mammal, I'd probably call someone to identify or dispose of it.

i would eat it

My mom found a dead squirrel in the yard last fall. She threw it in the garbage.

Leave it.

Offer it to eight pound six ounce baby Jesus as an offering.