
I do animal removal because people and wild animals don't play well together.
I am often questioned about my role as a wildlife control operator. How do I feel about wild animals? Why is animal removal the right alternative when people want to get rid of squirrels, raccoons, bats and other critters on their property? Can people control wild animals? How are animals changed by the urban environments that people have created?
Some of these questions are easy to answer.
I love animals. Some of my favorite times have been spent in nature observing and enjoying wildlife. Just because I believe in removing animals from homes and businesses doesn’t mean I don’t like critters.
I do animal removal because people and wild animals don’t play well together. Animals are, well, animals. They poop where they please, eat what they want and modify homes to suit themselves. I wouldn’t want to live in a poop-filled home, sharing my food with critters that don’t wash their hands and having all the wiring torn out of my attic, for example. It isn’t safe. It isn’t healthy. Many people become sick every year from animal borne diseases or from bacterial illnesses associated with animal refuse and waste.
I am careful when I am doing an animal removal job. We use humane procedures in wildlife trapping. Animals are often live trapped and are relocated wherever laws and regulations allow. Many animals are never handled by humans but removed from the building by venting and kept away by a variety of repellents.
People cannot control wild animals. Professional wildlife control operators are in contact with wild animals every day as they do their job of animal removal. We study animal behavior and learn by education and experience how animals might typically behave in a certain circumstance. I am, however, frequently surprised. Animals are often ingenious in their methods of accessing and modifying a home to suit their fancy.
The last question is more difficult to answer, as the answer is evolving as we watch.
It is certain that some species of wildlife have been negatively affected by human encroachment. Approximately 75% of the population of the United States now lives in urban or suburban areas. As the shift from rural to urban occurs, some species are displaced. Many species, however, seem to thrive. The urban population density of raccoons, for example, is higher in many areas than the rural population surrounding that area.
Urban wildlife control is a changing and expanding field. As we perform wildlife trapping and animal removal, we must consider ecological principles and legal requirements as well as political, economic and societal issues. Wildlife control operators continue to learn as they manage wildlife in human-created environments.
It will be very interesting to see what the future holds and how human-animal relationships develop. But, a few things will doubtless remain the same: conflicts will continue to occur, people should not have to share their living and working spaces with wild animals, and wildlife control operators will be there to provide wildlife trapping and animal removal services to make things right.
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