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NO, NO, I do not promote wildlife Adoptions! No wild animal should ever be kept as a pet, however within this page you will find many wildlife resourses and helpful information as well as Wild Life Sanctuary's that could use your financial donations! WildLife Information
If you have problems with healthy wildlife living in your yard you can humanely evict them simply by using ammonia soaked rags or moth bricks in the area of which they are coming and going from!! The best method is to poke holes in the perimeter of a coffee can, then soak a rag in ammonia and lid the top so that the smell will emit from the can even on rainy days. These are not harmful or toxic to the critters, they just really do not like the odor caused by them, the smell is similiar to wildlife urine causing them to move along! Please allow several days for this method to work, especially a mother with her young!! After all she needs to carry all these "kids" to a new home. Be patient, you may even get the wonderful opportunity to see her leaving with them to her new site, course evicting her was a shame to begin with if she was not bothering any one and appeared to be healthy! If you insist on having these critters removed from your yard, and the above methods do not work, (although this is what I do to keep critters out of my garden all summer long, effectively!!) you need to contact a local pest control licensed to handle & trap wildlife. These people, and the state of Mass. refer to them as " Problem Animal Control Specialists". By calling in a specialist, Realize that their job is: to trap and destroy the critter, as they have no choice under the law, remember the law states you can not trap and relocate the animal! Local specialist: Andy & Dick Harlow- "North Shore Animal Damage Control" - 978-388-8540 Amesbury, MA email: allpest@greennet.net We as home owners can learn to live comfortably while the critters live around us, we are the one's invading the property that they are on: the more wooded areas cut down the closer the critters come to our homes!! Some tips:
Don't feed your pets outdoors- it will attract wild animals and strays. Never feed wild animals, especially near your home! Feeding birds at feeders is fine if you rake up the wasted seeds and shells, ( the coyotes on my property will eat the waste under the feeder if I do not pick it up often!! They also like to steal my horse's grain bucket if I stupidly forget to bring it in at night!!)
Keep your distance from wild animals, even if they seem tame. Never try to keep wild animals as pets-- it's against the law!! Don't touch dead animals* call your Animal Control Officer and or Board of health for removal!!
I hope this has helped you!! If you would like more information you can also contact the below departments or view their sites. You can contact your town/city's board of health & or Mass. veterinary medical association: 978-839-6155 The Zoo In Forest Park ~ Springfield, MA New England Aquarium ~ Boston, MA Mindy's Memory ~ (Primates)~ OK
Massachusetts, Attleboro..... 508-399-7882 Barbara Boris, licensed wildlife rehabilitator rehabber@mediaone.net Wildlife Species: waterfowl, raptors, small mammals Massachusetts, Cape Cod area (Brewster)..... 508-896-5273 Karen Von den Deale, Wild Care, Inc. wildcare@C4.net Wildlife Species: song birds, sea birds, turtles, and canids; other rehabbers in the organization specialize in small mammals Massachusetts, Centerville..... 508-775-8942 Donna Backus, licensed wildlife rehabilitator Wildlife Species: sick, injured, and orphaned skunks Eastern Massachusetts Massachusetts, Eastern, Worcester County (North Grafton)..... 508-839-7918 Dr. Pokras, Dr. Kaufman, Carolyn, or Debbie Tufts Wildlife Clinic mpokras1@pearl.tufts.edu Comments: fax 508-839-7930 Massachusetts, Falmouth..... 508-540-3820 Wildlife Information, Referral, & Educational Services Specialty: New England wildlife natural history, zoologist, wildlife biologist Massachusetts, Hingham..... 781-749-1248 New England Wildlife Teaching Hospital NEWCHOSP@aol.com Specialty: Veterinary care of sick and injured wildlife Western Massachusetts Massachusetts, Western, Franklin County (Hawley) 413-625-2473 Barbara Skelly (Director), The Center for Rehabilitation Of Wildlife thecrow@gis.net Wildlife Species: native birds ONLY Specialty: migratory birds Massachusetts, Western, (Springfield)..... 413-781-1505 or 413-787-7888 Dee and Tom Howe (Directors), Urban Wildlife dee@davenportandco.com Wildlife Species: raccoons and small mammals Specialty: raccoons and skunks Massachusetts, Williamsburg..... 413-268-9348 Cliff & Aly Thayer, Paw Prints amthayer@vasci.umass.edu Wildlife Species: orphaned mammals Massachusetts, Winchendon..... 978-297-3862 Anne Eddy, licensed wildlife rehabilitator AHIMSA1108@aol.com |
