FREE HELP: Florida Wildlife Commission: 888-404-3922

The Florida Wildlife Commission, also known as the Florida Department of Fish & Game or the Florida 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 Fort Myers with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 888-404-3922. Visit them at https://myfwc.com/

FREE HELP: Lee County Animal Control: 239-533-7387

Lee 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 https://www.gulfcoasthumanesociety.org/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Fort Myers police dept, who can provide free Fort Myers wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Fort Myers Wildlife Rehabilitation: (239) 908-1130

Fort Myers 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 Wild Things Wildlife Control & Animal Removal Service at http://www.wildthingsflorida.com/

PAY SERVICE: Animal Pros: 239-829-5372

Animal Pros is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Fort Myers. Animal Pros 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 Fort Myers, Florida. The first thing you can try is your local Lee County animal services, or the free Fort Myers animal control services by calling 239-533-7387. 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 Florida Wildlife Commission at 888-404-3922. They do free wildlife control in Fort Myers and all of Florida. 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 Fort Myers Wildlife Rehabilitation at (239) 908-1130 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Fort Myers. 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 Fort Myers 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 Animal Pros at 239-829-5372. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 239-829-5372 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 Fort Myers police department. Click here for Fort Myers police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Fort Myers wildlife issues:

To illustrate, after one big snowstorm, and concentrating on one area, I was having little luck spotting nuisance critters when I happened to run into another suburban neighborhoodman who lived in the vicinity. I had seen nuisance wildlife sign here and there, but nothing exciting. I teamed up with this native for a short while and he pointed out the nuisance Fort Myers critters trend. They were moving into the places where the snow was not so deep, feeding in the more open spots. It was not long before we ran into one place were fresh tracks crossed and crisscrossed the slash. With clear evidence of nuisance wildlife movement. About this time, we decided to split up, and not more than a half hour later I heard a single effort to remove a pest animal not far away. Following it up I found my erstwhile companion busily engaged in cleaning a good-sized pest animal.

This pest animal was a solitary one, but not long after that, after helping my new-found companion haul his nuisance Fort Myers wildlife to pest control headquarters, I ran across several others, always at a distance. These nuisance wildlife were holding out not far from a grassy clearing and seemed to be moving considerably. Throughout the day I caught sight of several other nuisance wildlife, mostly of the toothless variety, and always at a distance. The pest animals, as usual, managed to keep under wraps much of the time, but all through this area where the snowfall had been only slighting the nuisance critters was traveling freely. Tracks were fresh and easy to follow. Even when the weather is at its worst the serious nuisance wildlife control professional can still bag nuisance critters.

At one time our party of three picked up a track of a solitary pest animal in knee deep snow and tracked it to its bed, a grove of dense hemlocks that provided shelter. From all appearances we gave this mature urban wild Fort Myers animal pest animal the surprise of its life when we finally jumped it from its dry bed under the trees, and the Fort Myers man in the lead lifted his pest exclusion device. Another time during a snowstorm a suburban neighborhoodman friend of mine had traped all day hard and faithfully to come away empty-handed. However, with the snow still falling, and when driving home along the highway, he saw a good-sized pest animal standing near the road sheltered by tall trees.

FREE HELP: Florida Wildlife Commission: 888-404-3922
FREE HELP: Lee County Animal Control: 239-533-7387
FREE HELP: Fort Myers Wildlife Rehabilitation: (239) 908-1130
FREE HELP: Fort Myers police department: (239) 321-7700
PAY SERVICE: Animal Pros: 239-829-5372