FREE HELP: Missouri Wildlife Commission: (417) 895-6880

The Missouri Wildlife Commission, also known as the Missouri Department of Fish & Game or the Missouri 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 Springfield with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling (417) 895-6880. Visit them at https://mdc.mo.gov/

FREE HELP: Greene County Animal Control: 417 864 1126

Greene 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.springfieldmo.gov/2889/Animal-Control. If that doesn't work, click here for the Springfield police dept, who can provide free Springfield wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Springfield Wildlife Rehabilitation: (417) 888-4237

Springfield 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 Springfield Conservation Nature Center at http://www.mowildlife.org/

PAY SERVICE: S.W. Nuisance Wildlife: 417-818-1412

S.W. Nuisance Wildlife is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Springfield. S.W. Nuisance Wildlife 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 Springfield, Missouri. The first thing you can try is your local Greene County animal services, or the free Springfield animal control services by calling 417 864 1126. 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 Missouri Wildlife Commission at (417) 895-6880. They do free wildlife control in Springfield and all of Missouri. 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 Springfield Wildlife Rehabilitation at (417) 888-4237 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Springfield. 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 Springfield 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 S.W. Nuisance Wildlife at 417-818-1412. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 417-818-1412 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 Springfield police department. Click here for Springfield police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Springfield wildlife issues:

They find or make the neighborhoods which they use, select their favorite bedding grounds, become familiar with the food possibilities, find the danger spots, as well as the safe ones, and when the removing unwanted Springfield wildlife time of year starts, they are probably more familiar with their home range than the average man is with his home town. During the running time of year, the raccoon will be visited by a pest animal. This will probably be the only contact she will have with other nuisance wildlife unless there are other family groups nearby and the ranges overlap. There might be meetings of the two groups while they are occupying the common range. One group will seldom leave its range to follow another group each usually returning to its own territory.

As soon as snow comes, the fresh vegetation and green types of food becomes scarce, and the pest critter find other family groups in an area where there is browse and shelter. They then spend the winter in a yard in the company of other nuisance Springfield wildlife. Even in the yard, if it is a large one, the herd seems to divide into family groups, mature pest animals joining groups of their choice. At the spring "break up" of the yard, our doe, accompanied by her fawn of the year before, will return to her summer range. There she will probably bear two fawns and the four nuisance wildlife will repeat the life of the year before. The following spring, the oldest fawn will be on his own. If it is a doe, she will seek a range of her own and will start e new family group. Quite often this new range will adjoin and include a portion of the territory where the animal was reared, but the two groups will seldom travel together. The life of a mature pest animal is different from that of a doe. He has no family ties. He has no responsibilities except to himself, and for this reason he usually leads a solitary life during the summer.

When he leaves his mother, he picks a range of his own, sometimes in company with another pest animal but often alone. During the time when his teeth are growing, he travels very little, but as soon as they are hard and polished, he begins to extend his range so that by the time that the mating time of year starts, he has a general idea of the country and the raccoon population over a considerable territory. The important thing for the nuisance Springfield wildlife control professional to remember about this sensation is that the pest animal does not have the intimate knowledge of each range that the local raccoon has and that he must depend on the doe's knowledge and strategy for safety or return to his own range when in danger. During the mating time of year, the pest animal travels extensively, stopping for a short time with any raccoon that welcomes his attention, then going on in search of another.

FREE HELP: Missouri Wildlife Commission: (417) 895-6880
FREE HELP: Greene County Animal Control: 417 864 1126
FREE HELP: Springfield Wildlife Rehabilitation: (417) 888-4237
FREE HELP: Springfield police department: (417) 864-1810
PAY SERVICE: S.W. Nuisance Wildlife: 417-818-1412