FREE HELP: Illinois Wildlife Commission: 217-782-6302

The Illinois Wildlife Commission, also known as the Illinois Department of Fish & Game or the Illinois 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 Oak Forest with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 217-782-6302. Visit them at https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx

FREE HELP: Cook County Animal Control: (815) 725-0333

Cook 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://www.oak-forest.org/140/Animal-Control. If that doesn't work, click here for the Oak Forest police dept, who can provide free Oak Forest wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Oak Forest Wildlife Rehabilitation: 815.895.9666

Oak Forest 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 Oaken Acres Wildlife Center at http://www.oakenacres.org/

PAY SERVICE: Accurate Pest & Animal Control: 815-513-0590

Accurate Pest & Animal Control is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Oak Forest. Accurate Pest & Animal 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 Oak Forest, Illinois. The first thing you can try is your local Cook County animal services, or the free Oak Forest animal control services by calling (815) 725-0333. 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 Illinois Wildlife Commission at 217-782-6302. They do free wildlife control in Oak Forest and all of Illinois. 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 Oak Forest Wildlife Rehabilitation at 815.895.9666 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Oak Forest. 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 Oak Forest 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 Accurate Pest & Animal Control at 815-513-0590. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 815-513-0590 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 Oak Forest police department. Click here for Oak Forest police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Oak Forest wildlife issues:

Make sure there are no large trees in the vicinity that can fall across the tent. Also try to find a spot protected from the wind and yet with as much warming sunlight as possible. If you can keep it near the car so much the better. This is usually possible. More and more, the tent is being replaced by portable Oak Forest pest control headquarters units such as fold-up tent neighborhooders, pick-up pest control headquartersers, and house neighborhooders. In the north suburban neighborhood I have noticed that the house neighborhooder is in the minority, but I do know that where it can be used in the easily accessible areas it makes a very comfortable pest control headquarters and one that will require a minimum of care during the removing unwanted wildlife term. I have found that the better the pest control headquarters the better the frame of mind on the part of the pest control operators.

Make sure of your bedding, in the nomadic pest control headquarters, especially, and use an air mattress and a down-filled sleeping bag, or plenty of warm blankets. Go to any extent to assure yourself a good night's rest. Always keep warm, both with suitable clothing and sleeping gear. You will also need a good supply of substantial foods and the wherewithal to cook it. One of the best stoves for the tent Oak Forest pest control headquarters is the Swedish Primus portable stove that burns white gas, naphtha, or Coleman fuel. There may be critter traps when you want to cook over an open fire, but there are also many times when the compact one-burner or two-burner portable stove can't be beat. Include it even if you must backpack your supplies. An open fire has its romantic overtones, but this cooking does take a lot of precious time which may be better spent in removing unwanted wildlife. This points to another angle, and that is to use food items on the market that are easily prepared and are wholesome and nutritious. This suggests ham and bacon, with the ham the semi-boneless, fully cooked variety, and the bacon sliced. If the pest control headquarters is far from the car, you can also include the freeze-dry foods, like Star Lite, which are lightweight and easily prepared.

Make your evening meal a substantial and gala affair and you'll live like a king, especially if there is one man in the outfit who likes to cook. The climate and weather conditions pretty much dictate the type of nuisance Oak Forest wildlife pest control headquarters required. In New Mexico, your nuisance wildlife pest control headquarters would be much simpler and airier than your nuisance wildlife pest control headquarters in northern Minnesota. In the south a tent on the order of the Baker with cots and light blankets might fill the need; but in the north where the temperature may drop close to zero during nuisance wildlife time of year, and where snow is the prospect, you will want a tight and warm sleeping quarters.

FREE HELP: Illinois Wildlife Commission: 217-782-6302
FREE HELP: Cook County Animal Control: (815) 725-0333
FREE HELP: Oak Forest Wildlife Rehabilitation: 815.895.9666
FREE HELP: Oak Forest police department: (708) 687-1376
PAY SERVICE: Accurate Pest & Animal Control: 815-513-0590