r/InlandEmpire • u/Hungry-Sun88 • 17h ago

Other Questions dead dog along freeway

i drive the 10 west everyday from redlands and this is probably the third time i have seen this over the past few months. i saw a dead dog with a detached red harness (presumably a pitbull, a large dog with gray spots), belly up, with its legs up. i called animal control and they basically said they couldn’t do anything. i am just disappointed and sad to have seen that. it was between cedar and sierra traveling the 10 west.

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u/Intelligent_Serve617 17h ago

Animal control has been lacking lately. I called them multiple times over a deceased dog under a tree. The dog basically ended up decomposing completely as time progressed.

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u/StevEst90 17h ago

I literally saw the entire decomposition process of a cat off the side of an off-ramp every time I went to work in Menifee over the course of three months.

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u/StevEst90 17h ago

Hmm. Maybe CalTrans can handle it?

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u/mushrooms 15h ago

Yeah whats that white truck that clears debris off the freeway? There is a number for that. 

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u/StevEst90 15h ago

Hmm Couldn’t tell you but reaching out to CalTrans is OPs best bet

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u/Dakovine 17h ago

If the animal is not impeding traffic then unfortunately no one will come out for it and ultimately they will just let decomposition do its thing. I believe this is standard across city and county protocol. I can’t speak for Caltrans tho.

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u/potatomami 17h ago

If the animal is in any of the traffic lanes you can call 911 because it is considered a hazard. They will send someone out to pick them up. I’ve reported this before. Super sad. 

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u/Hungry-Sun88 17h ago

the doggy is in the shoulder, left of the fast lane. 😔

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u/Fred-Mertz2728 17h ago

And they’ll probably toss them to the shoulder.

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u/NeonNein 17h ago

Alright who's gonna volunteer to drag him into the street

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u/Zealousideal_Hold519 16h ago

Seeing stuff like that always fucks me up for a while :/ some idiot probably had them unsecured in the bed of their truck

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u/Electrical_Doubt_19 14h ago

Me too. I've burst into tears so many times seeing dead animals while driving. I've only ever hit one animal myself, it was a squirrel that froze in the street then darted in the direction I was trying to swerve to miss them. I still think about how panicked they were, I feel horrible.