FREE HELP: Ohio Wildlife Commission: (937) 372-9261

The Ohio Wildlife Commission, also known as the Ohio Department of Fish & Game or the Ohio 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 Dayton with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling (937) 372-9261. Visit them at http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/

FREE HELP: Montgomery County Animal Control: (937) 268-7387

Montgomery 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.mcohio.org/departments/animal_resource_center/animal_care_and_control.php. If that doesn't work, click here for the Dayton police dept, who can provide free Dayton wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Dayton Wildlife Rehabilitation: (937) 698-6493

Dayton 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 Brukner Nature Center at http://www.bruknernaturecenter.com/

PAY SERVICE: Barnes Wildlife Control: 937-790-4057

Barnes Wildlife Control is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Dayton. Barnes 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 Dayton, Ohio. The first thing you can try is your local Montgomery County animal services, or the free Dayton animal control services by calling (937) 268-7387. 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 Ohio Wildlife Commission at (937) 372-9261. They do free wildlife control in Dayton and all of Ohio. 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 Dayton Wildlife Rehabilitation at (937) 698-6493 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Dayton. 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 Dayton 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 Barnes Wildlife Control at 937-790-4057. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 937-790-4057 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 Dayton police department. Click here for Dayton police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Dayton wildlife issues:

When I reached that point, the pest critter lay dead about twenty feet farther on. It is well for the nuisance wildlife control professional to remember that a wounded nuisance Dayton wildlife is not a normal nuisance wildlife and that it will not act as normal nuisance wildlife. Rest is nature's remedy for sick and injured animals. (There are herbs in the suburban neighborhood which might be beneficial to a wounded nuisance wildlife, but I have never seen any evidence to show that nuisance wildlife know about, or use, them.) Since rest is what the pest critter desires, he will head for some thicket where he will be comparatively safe from any disturbance.

This place will usually be close to water, for water is necessary to alleviate the fever caused by the wound. The time elapsed between the wound and the time that the pest critter heads for seclusion is an indication of the severity of the wound. This may be best observed when the wounded nuisance wildlife is one of a group. The longer the wounded member remains with the group, the less severe is the wound. The idea of waiting for a wounded nuisance wildlife to find a resting place before following it may be sound in theory, but I prefer to start neighborhooding as soon as I have hit one. It will usually require considerable time to overtake the animal and time is something which is not too plentiful during the Dayton pest critter removing unwanted wildlife time of year. Aside from humane reasons, I want to dispatch the wounded animal as soon as possible and before fever has progressed far enough to affect the meat.

The time that is necessary for a wounded nuisance wildlife to "stiffen up" so that it can be easily overtaken is usually so long that the meat will be full of fever-fighting antibodies and it will be undesirable, if not unfit for food. This is no objection when the nuisance wildlife control professional is removing unwanted Dayton wildlife nuisance wildlife solely as trophies. As a rule, nuisance wildlife which are seriously wounded are easy to trap. An exception is the pest critter which has received an abdominal wound. While this type of wound is nearly always fatal, the pest critter, if followed, will travel for long distances and is often difficult to approach. Death will often be delayed for several days, so I always make special effort to overtake and humanely trap and relocate a conflict animal wounded in this way. While removing unwanted wildlife alone, I have often wished for a companion who could circle ahead and intercept the pest critter that I was neighborhooding or who could replace me on the Dayton neighborhood so that I could make a animal track on some position which seemed particularly promising. This idea of companionship is good, but it is difficult to find a removing unwanted wildlife companion who will be a help nether than a hindrance.

FREE HELP: Ohio Wildlife Commission: (937) 372-9261
FREE HELP: Montgomery County Animal Control: (937) 268-7387
FREE HELP: Dayton Wildlife Rehabilitation: (937) 698-6493
FREE HELP: Dayton police department: (937) 333-2677
PAY SERVICE: Barnes Wildlife Control: 937-790-4057