FREE HELP: California Wildlife Commission: (916) 653-4899

The California Wildlife Commission, also known as the California Department of Fish & Game or the California 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 Los Angeles with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling (916) 653-4899. Visit them at http://www.fgc.ca.gov/

FREE HELP: Los Angeles County Animal Control: 310-559-5900

Los Angeles 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://animalcare.lacounty.gov/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Los Angeles police dept, who can provide free Los Angeles wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Los Angeles Wildlife Rehabilitation: 310-877-4770

Los Angeles 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 Animal Advocates Wildlife Rehabilitation at www.animaladvocates.us/

PAY SERVICE: A Team Services, Inc.: 213-233-9495

A Team Services, Inc. is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Los Angeles. A Team Services, Inc. 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 Los Angeles, California. The first thing you can try is your local Los Angeles County animal services, or the free Los Angeles animal control services by calling 310-559-5900. 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 California Wildlife Commission at (916) 653-4899. They do free wildlife control in Los Angeles and all of California. 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 Los Angeles Wildlife Rehabilitation at 310-877-4770 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Los Angeles. 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 Los Angeles 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 A Team Services, Inc. at 213-233-9495. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 213-233-9495 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 Los Angeles police department. Click here for Los Angeles police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Los Angeles wildlife issues:

A flat-captureing nuisance wildlife pest exclusion device equipped with a quality scope will afford excellent captureing. It is accurate to a hair-splitting degree, and at some distance. The distance angle is not so important in eastern urban wild animal removing unwanted wildlife, but accuracy is. The scope sight is also exceptional because it is a boon to the man with failing eyesight. The scope is superlative for early morning and evening removing unwanted Los Angeles wildlife also, for it has light-gathering power. For nuisance critters identification it is worthwhile, especially when the nuisance wildlife control professional is unable to distinguish with the naked eye whether the pest critter is a pest animal or doe. The scope is not as fast for running attempts to catch a critter as the open and peep sights, but this disadvantage is offset by its other qualities, notably its accuracy and clarity on the target.

The low-power scope sight is exceptional for the close-range snap effort to remove a pest animal so common in the eastern field. Not only does the low-power scope offer light-gathering capabilities, but it gives the critter catcher a wide field of view. That is something to consider. One must avoid the high-power scopes for nuisance wildlife. These scopes suffer from vibrations caused by unsteady holding. As the power of a scope is stepped up the vibration is increased. Nothing over a 4X should be used for nuisance wildlife removing unwanted wildlife, and the latter power should be used only where the cover is rather sparse and open. A good scope, like the humane cage trap, helps the Los Angeles critter catcher to aim, to see the nuisance critters clearly, and to discern the spot he is fixed on at the time he takes the effort to remove a pest animal.

The scope will not increase the accuracy of the pest exclusion device or flatten the trajectory, but it will render the target clearer, larger, and easier to hit. Once the wildlife trapper uses the scope and gets the hang of it, he will never go back to the iron sights. Using the scope often makes the difference between a hit and a miss. It must be pointed out that the scope sight does have disadvantages. Where the range is very close the scope sight is practically useless. The target becomes a blur, filling the scope completely and preventing accurate aiming. When rain or snow is the prospect the scope is not so good, for the scope magnifies the particles of moisture. In heavy cover the trees viewed in the scope sight will distract the aim of the nuisance wildlife control professional to some extent. In this case the open and the peep sights are better. The answer to all these objections is the combination of. Both iron and scope sights. For all around work the scope should be mounted so that iron sights can be used if necessary. Equipped with swing-away scope mounts, the iron sights can be left intact, and can be used where the scope is inoperative. In fact, should the nuisance Los Angeles wildlife control professional wish it, with the proper mounting, he could remove the scope sight entirely and use the iron sights.

FREE HELP: California Wildlife Commission: (916) 653-4899
FREE HELP: Los Angeles County Animal Control: 310-559-5900
FREE HELP: Los Angeles Wildlife Rehabilitation: 310-877-4770
FREE HELP: Los Angeles police department: (213) 486-1000
PAY SERVICE: A Team Services, Inc.: 213-233-9495