There is one other place I know of you are likely to read about composting animals. The humanure handbook website forum. It wasn't till I started humanure composting that I learned how to get a really good hot compost pile that would easily handle rotting carcass and control smell and other animals digging it up. So what have we composted. I really can't even count the bones and scraps of animals we have eaten since we always compost all food scraps that don't go to the chickens or worm bins. It is a firm rule here to avoid putting anything stinky in the trash can. So, animal bodies in our compost bin lately. 3 sick chickens we didn't want to make the rest of the flock sick. Any dead squirrels we find around the house. 12 rats we caugh And all fish parts that the chickens don't get, I've found that burying fish parts causes critters to dig up the yard or whatever plant I put over it so composting seems to be the best way for use to take care of it. I agree that this is an advanced composting thread. No one who is not confident of their ability to manage a hot compost pile should be putting dead bodies in it.

Sounds like you are describing an Oppussum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opossum

Thank you. That confirms the conclusion my friend came to after her cat caught a mouse and brought it in the house.

Sorry Koni, but yes, raccoons really are that smart- and they have good memories and are trap-shy to boot. Not that they can't be trapped- just that it is difficult. The company might be able to remove the animal... but you still need to clean the area where they are defecating and possibly need to cover it. Otherwise, another raccoon might decide the stale smell means someone left, and they can move into the territory. It might happen anyway if you just have raccoons in the area.