The invention discloses an animal carcass degradation method and an animal carcass degradation machine. Animal carcasses are pre-crushed into fragments, and the animal carcasses crushed into fragments are stirred for primary degradation; the animal carcasses are heated while being stirred, and water vapor and waste gas generated in the primary degradation process are exhausted through air pumping. When large animal carcasses are degraded, the animal carcasses can be pre-crushed, the animal carcasses are crushed into small fragments and then are stirred and decomposed, so that the decomposition efficiency is improved, meanwhile, the situation of overweight load is avoided, the pre-crushed animal carcasses are relatively small, more animal carcasses can be accommodated in the equipment, extra decomposition is not needed, the operation process and the operation time are reduced, the operation cost is reduced, and the competitiveness is improved; and meanwhile, heating and air pumping are adopted for assistance, so that the degradation efficiency can be greatly improved.