FREE HELP: Arizona Wildlife Commission: 602-942-300

The Arizona Wildlife Commission, also known as the Arizona Department of Fish & Game or the Arizona Wildlife Conservation Office, provides free resources for pest wildlife, or conflict or nuisance wildlife, as it is also called. They can send an officer to address certain wildlife issues, or provide other resources for the control of nuisance wildlife species, and provide help to the residents of Tucson with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 602-942-300. Visit them at https://www.azgfd.com/

FREE HELP: Pima County Animal Control: 520-243-5900

Pima County Animal Control Services most commonly help with domestic animals, such as stray cats or dangerous dogs. They also might help with wildlife issues in various capacities. Call your local office for a description of services. Visit http://webcms.pima.gov/government/pima_animal_care_center/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Tucson police dept, who can provide free Tucson wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Tucson Wildlife Rehabilitation: 520-743-0217

Tucson Wildlife Rehabilitators usually work with injured, orphaned, or sick wildlife. They will often help with wildlife issues and concerns. It is nice to give them donations for their help and wildlife rehab efforts. Visit Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility at http://tucsonwildlife.com/

PAY SERVICE: Diamondback Wildlife Control: 520-999-2121

Diamondback Wildlife Control is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Tucson. Diamondback Wildlife Control is available 24-7-365 and provides same-day wildlife removal services, including the removal of animals inside attics, rodent removal, and more.



If you have an animal problem and need assistance, there are several free animal control resources in Tucson, Arizona. The first thing you can try is your local Pima County animal services, or the free Tucson animal control services by calling 520-243-5900. They may be able to help you with your critter problem, and possibly offer free raccoon removal or free snake removal. But they primarily deal with dogs and cats, and might not help with wildlife. For wildlife-specifice issues, try the Arizona Wildlife Commission at 602-942-300. They do free wildlife control in Tucson and all of Arizona. But they often deal with special cases like bears, or illegal hunting. They might not help you with specific cases in your house, like free rodent control or free squirrel removal. At a more local level, you can call Tucson Wildlife Rehabilitation at 520-743-0217 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Tucson. But this organization, like all wildlife rehab, mostly focuses on healing and caring for sick or injured wildlife. There's no business that provides free pest control in Tucson that will remove wild animals that I know of, like free bat control or free rat removal. Sometimes, for a case of animals in an attic, or wildlife problems on private property, you need to hire and pay for wildlife removal, and if so, I recommend Diamondback Wildlife Control at 520-999-2121. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 520-999-2121 and ask. Of course, you can be sure to get free pest wildlife removal if you solve the problem yourself, so read my Do-It-Yourself page for more hints. Finally, you can call the local Tucson police department. Click here for Tucson police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Tucson wildlife issues:

Its senses have been developed to a high degree to compensate for its environment and the predators with which it comes in contact. The urban wild animal has an especially keen sense of smell which helps it to survive under adverse conditions. When alerted to danger the urban wild Tucson animal is quick to test the wind currents and find refuge in flight if the odors so indicate. That is not to say that the pest critter will run from all strange and alarming odors; but it will certainly take note of them and become alerted. For example, during the summer time of year a conflict animal will discover a man by scent (as well as hearing and vision), but it will not always run. Nuisance wildlife have become accustomed to humans from living so close to inhabited areas. During the summer months the pest critter are not molested to any extent. However, when the removing unwanted wildlife time of year is on, they become more suspicious of any predator, and are ready to head for safe quarters when danger is detected anywhere in the vicinity.

Along with a very keen nose, the urban wild animal has ears that are sharp and quick to pick up noises of any type. When there are sounds of an alarming nature the urban wild animal will waive its large ears in that direction and try to dissemble them. Then, along with its other senses, it will determine quickly whether it should move or not. Some noises are indigenous to the cover of course; others are foreign and disturbing. The urban wild Tucson animal must determine which is which; otherwise it would spend the day in headlong flight, for there are always sounds emanating from the cover. The pest critter will not always flee. For instance, the sounds made by another nuisance wildlife are not alarming. But a predator has a different approach; and such sounds, along with scent and vision, will send the urban wild animal quickly into nearby cover. The pest critter's vision is not as good as its other two senses, however. To begin with, nuisance wildlife are color-blind, and a human will appear to be just another part of the scenery when motionless and located upwind.

A nuisance Tucson wildlife control professional can take advantage of the pest critter's limited vision, and approach to humane cage trap range if he moves only when the urban wild animal is looking the other way and is quiet in his approach. Vision is one of the pest critter's weak points and this should be remembered. The alert nuisance wildlife control professional takes cognizance of this weakness by keeping neighborhood and foliage between him and the pest critter as much as possible and advancing slowly and cautiously to within close captureing distance. In early times, when the Indian was after a conflict animal in the more open country, he would carry clumps of neighborhood as a camouflage, hiding behind the bush and stealing ahead when the nuisance critters's attention was directed elsewhere. The urban wild animal is amazingly perceptive of movement, especially, and therein lies in still-removing unwanted wildlife and animal tracking. When nuisance critters is sighted the nuisance wildlife control professional will have to be quick in mounting and sighting his pest exclusion device or the pest critter will be alerted immediately. In this respect, fast action is more alarming than slow, slight movement; but whatever the motion, the urban wild animal will be quick to detect it.

FREE HELP: Arizona Wildlife Commission: 602-942-300
FREE HELP: Pima County Animal Control: 520-243-5900
FREE HELP: Tucson Wildlife Rehabilitation: 520-743-0217
FREE HELP: Tucson police department: (520) 791-4444
PAY SERVICE: Diamondback Wildlife Control: 520-999-2121