The corpses of dead dogs and cats rotting on the side of local roadways are an all too familiar sight and smell for Saipan\u2019s residents but this week a resident is fuming after he says government officials failed to respond to one that stunk up an intersection in Garapan.<\/p>\n
At 9:45am Monday, Carl Brachear called the offices of Saipan Mayor Juan Tudela to report that a very large and very dead dog was lying on the side of Beach Road across the street from a local coffee shop. <\/p>\n
Hours later, the corpse was still there, even after a road crew had passed through the area as part of a street cleanup, he said. Brachear came to the Saipan Tribune to find out why nobody would dispose of the animal. <\/p>\n
\u201cAt noon, the dog still hadn\u2019t been removed,\u201d he said. \u201cBy then its body had exploded and the smell was wafting into the coffee shop.\u201d<\/p>\n
The corpse remained on the street at least until Tuesday night when a Saipan Tribune reporter passed through the area and caught a whiff of it. <\/p>\n
In an interview, mayor\u2019s office spokesman Anthony Benevente said the office\u2019s staff have voluntarily cleaned up scores of dead animals from local roadways as a community service, noting the prevalence of roadkill on Saipan\u2019s streets. However, cleaning up the problem is the job of the Department of Public Safety, he said, and the mayor\u2019s office lacks the resources to dispose of every corpse. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe mayor\u2019s office has just been helping out to deal with these dead animals,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re not really obliged to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
DPS spokeswoman Lei Ogumoro said that to deal with roadkill on Saipan, residents need to contact the department, which will remove it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf people see a carcass on the roadway, we would ask that they contact DPS and we will take the necessary action to remove the debris,\u201d she said, adding that roadkill is then given to Department of Public Health staff for disposal. \u201cPeople are probably not reporting it to us. We remove any debris from the roads or highways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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