NWR Field Notes

Tag: nuisance

  • Cold Weather Can Bring Unwelcomed Guests

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    People with bird feeders are a prime target for all types of nocturnal visitors, and this easy source of food gives them a reason to make themselves at home. Predators like coyotes regard the family dog or cat as an easy meal when outside, and raccoons will stake out unsecured trash containers even in cold…

  • Seminole County Bear Attack

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    A Heathrow man who thought he heard raccoons rummaging through his garbage got the scare of his life when a Florida black bear attacked him, he said today. David Amsler, 34, took a golf club with him when he went outside on Sept. 26 to frighten away what he thought were raccoons near his garage.…

  • More raccoons, less habitat increase risk of attacks

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    Threats, disease could trigger run-ins BY JIM WAYMER Fuzzy, cute, but tough as nails, a raccoon that feels threatened can rage red in tooth and claw — as a 74-year Lakeland woman found out earlier this month.     The woman tried to shoo a family of five raccoons away from her patio. But mama raccoon…

  • Wanted: New lodgings for family of five.

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    This week our guy Tommy went on a call about raccoons in an attic. Its a nice neighborhood out in the country, so it sometimes attracts unwelcomed visitors from the nearby Florida wilderness. Accompanied by our company Vice President Christy, the outside of the home was checked and sure enough, the soffit was pulled away…

  • New Website: Ask-A-Trapper

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    Nuisance Wildlife Removal Inc. is proud to announce a new website called http://www.askatrapper.com This website will be there for you to ask a staff of trappers questions for wildlife control. The best thing is that it is free. Ask anything you like and remember “The only stupid question is the one you did not ask.” If…

  • Python Found in Rental House

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    I received a call from the local police to night about a python in a house. After a 35 minute ride I arrived on scene with fellow wildlife control professional Matthew Hunt. We entered the home and was escorted to a rear bedroom where there was a 4′ python under the hot water heater. Matthew…

  • Raccoons

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    People do not normally spend much time thinking about their garbage. They put it out on the sidewalk, sometimes the night before, and think nothing of it again. That is, until they wake up the next morning to see garbage all over their lawn and the street. The culprit? Almost always, a raccoon. This, along…

  • Ever Thought About a Career in Wildlife Management?

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    There are an incalculable amount of careers available to people in the United States. Some people find their careers in business, selling to customers and working in an office. Others enjoy the arts and entertainment, making their living as singers or actors. There are yet others who use their genius in science to be doctors,…

  • New Blog

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    Welcome to Nuisance Wildlife Relocation’s new blog. I am so excited that we now have our blog hosted on our website. I will be moving some of the posts over from the old blogger site. I think this will give our customers a way to interact with us and let you to get to know…