FREE HELP: District of Columbia Wildlife Commission: 202 208-4717

The District of Columbia Wildlife Commission, also known as the District of Columbia Department of Fish & Game or the District of Columbia 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 Washington DC with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 202 208-4717. Visit them at https://www.fws.gov/offices/Directory/ListOffices.cfm?statecode=11

FREE HELP: DC County Animal Control: (202) 576-6664

DC 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.humanerescuealliance.org/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Washington DC police dept, who can provide free Washington DC wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Washington DC Wildlife Rehabilitation: 202-882-1000

Washington DC 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 City Wildlife Inc at https://citywildlife.org/contact/

PAY SERVICE: ACS Wildlife Removal: 202-754-8770

ACS Wildlife Removal is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Washington DC. ACS Wildlife Removal 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 Washington DC, District of Columbia. The first thing you can try is your local DC County animal services, or the free Washington DC animal control services by calling (202) 576-6664. 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 District of Columbia Wildlife Commission at 202 208-4717. They do free wildlife control in Washington DC and all of District of Columbia. 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 Washington DC Wildlife Rehabilitation at 202-882-1000 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Washington DC. 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 Washington DC 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 ACS Wildlife Removal at 202-754-8770. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 202-754-8770 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 Washington DC police department. Click here for Washington DC police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Washington DC wildlife issues:

And let me point out that when many pest control operators are roaming about, such as during the first of time of year, this type of removing unwanted wildlife is especially effective. The man watching at an advantageous stand has things in his favor. He is in an excellent position to bring home a trophy, perhaps one of the bigger pest animals. However, nuisance Washington DC wildlife runs may shift with the time of years, so that it behooves the nuisance wildlife control professional to determine which runs the nuisance critters are using now when nuisance wildlife time of year is on, not during the summer. They may be using the same runs, but you will never know until you make a survey just prior to opening day. You may even have to change your stand during the time of year, for the pest critter may leave a spot which is too often traped. Neighborhood-watching is a man's nuisance critters.

It is a tough one, but it is one that pays off in the long run. You may go all day and see nothing but tails, especially when the ground is dry and noisy. The nuisance critters has the edge on you. With their keen senses nuisance wildlife can locate you first. But when you find a well-used nuisance Washington DC wildlife run and stay there, you will have the advantage. The best time to trap at a stand is from daybreak to dusk. When the pest critter are moving out from their night grounds, and from 3 PM until dusk when the nuisance critters is moving back to its night range. Of these two periods the early morning hours are best. The pest critter have not been molested by pest control operators during the evening and are moving to their daytime beds. Currently, they are not too frightened. They are always alert and watchful, of course, but not alarmed. I once saw a pest animal returning to his night cover literally skimming over the logging road he had to cross in the process.

He'd been traped all day, no doubt, and was prepared for the worst. He wasn't just walking, as the nuisance critters usually is early in the morning; he was traveling like the wind, scared as a cat, with his paunch close to the ground. On the first three days of time of year, the neighborhood watcher stands a fine chance of an effort to remove a pest animal. Just sit there. Men are moving. Take the case of nuisance wildlife-removing unwanted Washington DC wildlife centers like the trap, the first day of time of year. There's a world of activity; the red-coated army has moved in, and every pest control headquarters, hotel and motel are filled to overflowing by the night before time of year. The pest control operators will be out before daybreak heading for the pest critter suburban neighborhood. Literally an army of men get out of their cars and make a drive on foot for a possible effort to remove a pest animal.

FREE HELP: District of Columbia Wildlife Commission: 202 208-4717
FREE HELP: DC County Animal Control: (202) 576-6664
FREE HELP: Washington DC Wildlife Rehabilitation: 202-882-1000
FREE HELP: Washington DC police department: (202) 727-9099
PAY SERVICE: ACS Wildlife Removal: 202-754-8770