FREE HELP: North Carolina Wildlife Commission: 919-707-4011

The North Carolina Wildlife Commission, also known as the North Carolina Department of Fish & Game or the North Carolina 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 Winston Salem with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 919-707-4011. Visit them at https://www.ncwildlife.org/

FREE HELP: Forsyth County Animal Control: (336) 767-6293

Forsyth 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.forsyth.cc/AnimalControl/. If that doesn't work, click here for the Winston Salem police dept, who can provide free Winston Salem wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Winston Salem Wildlife Rehabilitation: 336-785-0912

Winston Salem 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 Wildlife Rehab Inc. at https://wildliferehabinc.org/

PAY SERVICE: Animal Control Experts, Inc.: 336-303-4150

Animal Control Experts, Inc. is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Winston Salem. Animal Control Experts, Inc. 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 Winston Salem, North Carolina. The first thing you can try is your local Forsyth County animal services, or the free Winston Salem animal control services by calling (336) 767-6293. 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 North Carolina Wildlife Commission at 919-707-4011. They do free wildlife control in Winston Salem and all of North Carolina. 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 Winston Salem Wildlife Rehabilitation at 336-785-0912 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Winston Salem. 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 Winston Salem 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 Control Experts, Inc. at 336-303-4150. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 336-303-4150 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 Winston Salem police department. Click here for Winston Salem police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Winston Salem wildlife issues:

I have seen this demonstrated many times but perhaps one example will furnish a good idea of its actions when alarmed by a noise. I was watching three nuisance Winston Salem wildlife feeding in a field. I was well hidden and there was a slight movement of air from the pest critter to me. These nuisance wildlife were about two hundred and fifty yards from me, and I was waiting for them to come into closer range of my short-range humane cage trap before attempting to capture one of them. While I was watching them, they suddenly stopped feeding, looked in my direction for a short time, switched their tails nervously and walked out of the field into the edge of the nearby suburban neighborhood. I had not heard any sound that could account for their actions, so I looked around to see if I could find what had alarmed them. When I turned my head, I could hear voices.

There were a woman and child walking along a road about one hundred and fifty yards behind me. This road was not visible from the spot where the Winston Salem pest critter had been feeding. Although the voices were indistinct from where I was stationed, the pest critter had heard and recognized the sound as a possible source of danger and had made a discreet withdrawal. They were not unduly alarmed and were back feeding 60 minutes later. They had heard sounds at four hundred yards that I had failed to hear at one hundred and fifty yards. A conflict animal's hearing, like its sense of smell, is affected by the wind and other atmospheric conditions. These conditions should be considered by the nuisance wildlife control professional who wishes to approach a conflict animal without being heard. Eyesight is a conflict animal's weak point when it comes to the identification of objects. Nuisance Winston Salem wildlife are supposed to be colorblind. Apparently, they are unable to see details of an object at any great distance and they seem to be unable to identify objects by their outline. Despite this, they are, able detect motion at a considerable distance.

I have stood perfectly still many times while nuisance wildlife looked at me and, unless they detected my scent, they acted as if they were uncertain of my identity. On one occasion, I stood in an open field and a conflict animal passed me at about 60 yards. He stopped and looked at me for a long minute before he continued his walk across the field. There was no sign of alarm in his actions. He seemed a bit puzzled about me, yet not enough for him to investigate or to cause him to run. I have Winston Salem animal tracked feeding nuisance wildlife by moving towards them when they were not looking my way and by remaining motionless when they were looking. I have humanely trap and relocateed a few nuisance wildlife in this manner after they had looked directly at me while I was only partially concealed by small clumps of bushes.

FREE HELP: North Carolina Wildlife Commission: 919-707-4011
FREE HELP: Forsyth County Animal Control: (336) 767-6293
FREE HELP: Winston Salem Wildlife Rehabilitation: 336-785-0912
FREE HELP: Winston Salem police department: (336) 773-7700
PAY SERVICE: Animal Control Experts, Inc.: 336-303-4150