B737-800
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
ATC Issue All Types; Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird; Ground Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Procedure; Airport
Great weather; normal fuel burn. Entering terminal area we were vectored around then low and slow which created more fuel burn in terminal area. Did go-around for XXL due to an animal on runway. Aircraft in front of us did same. Declared minimum fuel on go-around in order to expedite landing since fuel now was an issue with extra fuel burn and not much to play. Controller was going to extend us downwind behind an arriving aircraft which would have added more time and fuel so I elected to [request] an immediate turn to the FAF for XXC. I didn't want XXL because of animal issue and another possible go-around. Controller vectored preceding aircraft off their approach and cleared us for visual XXC. Landed uneventfully with 3.9 fuel.....2.10 left tank and 1.8 right tank. Reserve Fuel on Flight Plan was 3.78.Cause: Dispatched with normal arrival fuel with very good weather. Controller vectored us low and slow which increased fuel burn. Suggestions: Next time I will not accept so many vectors and low and slow increasing fuel burn when I do not have extra fuel to play.
B737-800 Captain reported a low fuel situation developed following a go-around to avoid an animal on the runway.