(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.

SOURCE: GC § 9650.4.

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