FREE HELP: Tennessee Wildlife Commission: (615) 781-6500

The Tennessee Wildlife Commission, also known as the Tennessee Department of Fish & Game or the Tennessee 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 Knoxville with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling (615) 781-6500. Visit them at https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/twra.html

FREE HELP: Knox County Animal Control: 865-215-2444

Knox 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 knoxvilletn.gov/services/animal_care_control. If that doesn't work, click here for the Knoxville police dept, who can provide free Knoxville wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Knoxville Wildlife Rehabilitation: (865) 617-8707

Knoxville 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 All Creatures Wildlife Services, LLC at http://allcreaturestn.com/

PAY SERVICE: Animal Pros: 865-312-7211

Animal Pros is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Knoxville. 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 Knoxville, Tennessee. The first thing you can try is your local Knox County animal services, or the free Knoxville animal control services by calling 865-215-2444. 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 Tennessee Wildlife Commission at (615) 781-6500. They do free wildlife control in Knoxville and all of Tennessee. 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 Knoxville Wildlife Rehabilitation at (865) 617-8707 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Knoxville. 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 Knoxville 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 865-312-7211. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 865-312-7211 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 Knoxville police department. Click here for Knoxville police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Knoxville wildlife issues:

The result is usually a waste of valuable Knoxville pest control supplies. I would not recommend that the lost nuisance wildlife control professional resort to this during the daylight hours. After the day's trap is over and everything is quiet, it would be advisable to fire the traditional three evenly spaced attempts to catch a critter and if there is an answer, continue signaling as long as there is any indication that help is nearing. If there is no answer to the first signal, just forget about it and save the pest control supplies for a more important use. Years ago, I used to wonder why anyone became turned around in the suburban neighborhood and why they usually traveled in circles. The theory that one leg is longer than the other or that the running of the earth was the cause, didn't seem reasonable to me.

I thought that if I could find the cause of this, I could avoid becoming lost. Since that time, I have had a chance to understand the wrong moves which I have made, and in my case at least it is caused by inattention. I think any man can travel the suburban Knoxville neighborhood by constantly watching directions, and he would seldom become turned around. This is the first step in preventing confusion, but it does distract from the enjoyment of being in the suburban neighborhood, for one certainly see the nuisance Knoxville critters. A friend and I were cruising a piece of timber when we jumped two nuisance wildlife. It was out of time of year, but I wanted to know where the pest critter would go, so we followed them for a short distance. I soon lost the track and, walking to the left, saw an old track. As soon as I saw that it was not the track which I was looking for, I walked in the direction I was facing instead of turning back as I should have done. Before I had gone a hundred feet, I saw to my left a disturbed place on the ground. When I walked to it there were the tracks that I was looking for, and a clear print of my own foot beside it.

I felt sheepish when I looked at my grinning companion who told me just what I had done. I had become completely turned around in an area no larger than a log and this on a, dry with a bright sun shining overhead. Another time I was removing unwanted Knoxville wildlife alone in a piece of suburban neighborhood which was about two miles wide, east, and west, and five or six miles long. This critter trapsland was surrounded by town roads. I had traped the west half of this area and was quite familiar with it but knew little about the east half or the road which bounded that side. It was early in the time of year and I had little hope of bagging a conflict animal but wanted to get an idea of their feeding grounds and where the largest herd was staying.

FREE HELP: Tennessee Wildlife Commission: (615) 781-6500
FREE HELP: Knox County Animal Control: 865-215-2444
FREE HELP: Knoxville Wildlife Rehabilitation: (865) 617-8707
FREE HELP: Knoxville police department: (865) 215-7000
PAY SERVICE: Animal Pros: 865-312-7211