Licensed Livestock Carcass Disposal Facilities in Indiana
(updated March 2025)
Please note limitations on pickups.
NOTE: FDA regulations require the prevention of drug residue in products derived from rendered material. All species of animals euthanized with barbiturates, including pentobarbital, cannot be rendered and should be separated and identified if pickup has been arranged. Preventing Pentobarbital Residues (National Renderers Association)
EQUINE OWNERS: Some renderers may reject equine euthanized via barbiturates in order to comply with FDA regulations. If rendering equine is the best option, consider other methods of euthanasia. Alternative Euthanasia Protocols for Large Animals (Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory)
- Darling Industries, Inc.
Location Substation at Plymouth, IN Phone 574-936-2144 or 800-342-5610 Info Farm pick-ups, only cattle, hogs, horses and chickens - Graver Livestock
Location Oswego, IL Phone 630-908-0096 Email graverlivestock@aol.com Website https://graverhorseremoval.com/ Info Pick-ups of horses mainly in Northeast Indiana; willing to travel farther - Griffin Industries, Inc.
Location Newberry, IN Phone 800-242-0465 Info Chicken and Turkey only
Call for current service area - Homeward Bound Pet Memorial
Location Indianapolis, IN Phone 317-637-5339 Info Cremation for horses, llamas, pigs - Osborne Homestead Services
Location West Chester, OH Phone 513-743-0035 Email jamie@osbornehs.com Website https://www.osbornehs.com/ Info Pick-ups of horses primarily did not exclude other species - Naturally Recycled Proteins of Indiana
Location Montpelier, IN Phone 765-728-2510 Info Chicken only - Standard Fertilizer Company (Renderer)
Location Greensburg, IN Phone 812-663-8391 or 800-742-9761 Info Serving South East, Central and East Central Indiana counties
Farm pick-ups; no exclusions.
Will NOT pick up any animals euthanized via barbiturates; other forms of euthanasia must be used. - Trusted Journey
Location Montpelier, IN Phone 1-800-982-7378 Info Horses only, pick-up and cremate - Silver Bell Pet Cremation LLC
Location Quincy, IN Phone 317-406-7001 Email silverbellpets@gmail.com Website https://silverbellpets.com/ Info
Cremation for all species with on-farm pick-ups
Servicing central Indiana, but willing to consider further travel
Collection Services Licensed in Indiana
(updated March 2025)
Please note limitations on pickups.
- Endsley Rendering
Location Peru, IN Phone 800-382-8877 Info Miami County
No exclusions - Gerten Dead Stock Services
Phone 419-302-0722 Info Northeast Indiana
Collects livestock, deer and poultry - Harper Dead Stock
Phone 219-552-0550 or 219-730-0086 Info Lake and Newton counties
Excludes sheep, deer, dogs and cats - Herd Pack
Phone 502-314-8247 Info Only collects from slaughter establishments - Shipley and Son Farms
Location Bethel, OH Phone 513-309-6658 Email Shipleyson@icloud.com Info Serves all of the state of Indiana, available 24/7
All species, large and small, including cremation and private burial services