It’s really difficult to tell how many dead animals are collected in the GTA each year because these are exactly the most interesting or glamorous tidbits of information to be publicizing. However, an article on the Toronto Metro website cited that in 2012, Toronto Animal Services responded to 7,500 cases. Given that the outlying areas of the GTA are more prone to wild animals and pests because they’re closer to and contain more natural areas, we’re guessing that each municipality deals with more than 10,000 cases per year. And that’s just dead animals found on public property – we imagine homeowners remove and pay for dead animal removal on tens of thousands more dead animals each year.