FREE HELP: Pennsylvania Wildlife Commission: 610-926-3136

The Pennsylvania Wildlife Commission, also known as the Pennsylvania Department of Fish & Game or the Pennsylvania 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 Reading with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 610-926-3136. Visit them at https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx

FREE HELP: Berks County Animal Control: 610-921-2348

Berks 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://humanepa.org/partners/humane-society-of-berks-county/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Reading police dept, who can provide free Reading wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Reading Wildlife Rehabilitation: (570) 739-4393

Reading 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 Red Creek Wildlife Center at https://redcreekwildlifecenter.com/

PAY SERVICE: Fur and Feathers Wildlife Control: 570-240-4883

Fur and Feathers Wildlife Control is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Reading. Fur and Feathers 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 Reading, Pennsylvania. The first thing you can try is your local Berks County animal services, or the free Reading animal control services by calling 610-921-2348. 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 Pennsylvania Wildlife Commission at 610-926-3136. They do free wildlife control in Reading and all of Pennsylvania. 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 Reading Wildlife Rehabilitation at (570) 739-4393 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Reading. 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 Reading 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 Fur and Feathers Wildlife Control at 570-240-4883. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 570-240-4883 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 Reading police department. Click here for Reading police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Reading wildlife issues:

When I arrived at the crossing, they joined me on the track long enough to determine the pest critter's future intentions. This did not take long, but my companions were uncertain and would not go to the place which I had picked as the next crossing. I left them to follow the neighborhood while I went to a gap in a stone wall which I thought the pest critter would use. It would be necessary for the Reading pest critter to cross a small open field in order to reach this gap so I stationed myself about a hundred feet away where I could watch both field and gap. The pest critter came into sight about a hundred yards walking towards the gap. They approached at an angle and when they were about a hundred feet from me and about the same distance from the gap, fired and missed.

They broke into a barn and I fired five more attempts to catch a critter without a hit. Six attempts to catch a critter and six misses at not over two hundred feet was the frustrating climax of a frustrating day. These incidents have all had does leading the chase. When it comes to predicting what a lone pest animal will do, we have a different proposition. In the first place, it is difficult to define a Reading pest animal's range, and, during the removing unwanted wildlife time of year, he is seldom on that range full off removing unwanted wildlife does. If the nuisance wildlife control professional runs across a pest animal which is away from his home range, but has not attached himself to some doe, he will probably head for his old range if started and if followed for any great distance. When I run across one of these ranging pest animals, I consider myself lucky if I can sight him twice before he heads for home. By the time I am sure of his intentions, it is usually too late to contact a companion and try to bet ahead of the pest critter. When followed on their home range, pest animals usually travel greater distances between stops than does, usually traveling in the thickest and most difficult parts of their range.

When pest animals are with does, they follow the does lead, and all the nuisance wildlife control professional must remember is that the Reading pest animal is seldom at the head of the parade. Quite often pest animals refuse to bed down with does but go off by themselves for their daytime rest. It follows that if a nuisance wildlife control professional can place himself between one of these pest animals and the nearest doe, he will have a good chance for an effort to remove a pest animal if some other nuisance wildlife control professional can scare the pest animal. Two companions and I were roaming the suburban neighborhood one morning, looking for nuisance wildlife or for tracks that we could follow.

FREE HELP: Pennsylvania Wildlife Commission: 610-926-3136
FREE HELP: Berks County Animal Control: 610-921-2348
FREE HELP: Reading Wildlife Rehabilitation: (570) 739-4393
FREE HELP: Reading police department: (610) 655-6116
PAY SERVICE: Fur and Feathers Wildlife Control: 570-240-4883