FREE HELP: New Jersey Wildlife Commission: 609-292-6685

The New Jersey Wildlife Commission, also known as the New Jersey Department of Fish & Game or the New Jersey 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 Newark with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 609-292-6685. Visit them at https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/

FREE HELP: Essex County Animal Control: (973) 966-5751

Essex 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.ahscares.org/ContentPage/155. If that doesn't work, click here for the Newark police dept, who can provide free Newark wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Newark Wildlife Rehabilitation: (609) 924-5704

Newark 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 Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge at https://www.princetonnj.gov/location/charles-h-rogers-wildlife-refuge

PAY SERVICE: EG Wildlife Removal: 973-272-4133

EG Wildlife Removal is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Newark. EG 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 Newark, New Jersey. The first thing you can try is your local Essex County animal services, or the free Newark animal control services by calling (973) 966-5751. 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 New Jersey Wildlife Commission at 609-292-6685. They do free wildlife control in Newark and all of New Jersey. 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 Newark Wildlife Rehabilitation at (609) 924-5704 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Newark. 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 Newark 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 EG Wildlife Removal at 973-272-4133. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 973-272-4133 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 Newark police department. Click here for Newark police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Newark wildlife issues:

There is a great difference of opinion among Newark pest control operators about this matter, with some men giving the pest critter credit for having an almost human intelligence and others claiming that they have practically no brain power at all. There is no way that I know to evaluate this mental power except to observe the actions of nuisance wildlife in different situations and try to draw some conclusion from these actions. Since there is a difference in viewpoint of different men, there will always be a difference of opinion in their findings, and as a result there will always be room for argument. What one man might consider instinctive action on the part of a conflict animal, might be construed as planned strategy by some other man; and this inability to distinguish between the reasons for certain actions of the Newark pest critter is where we fail in trying to establish their reasoning powers.

Any nuisance wildlife control professional who has traped nuisance wildlife by driving a gang has probably had the experience of having some wise old pest animal avoid the drivers by slipping back through their lines or by hiding until he has been passed. Judging by human standards, this action shows that the pest animal has evaluated the situation and has acted in such a manner because it is the wisest thing for him to do in order to save his life. Looking at it from a different angle, the Newark pest critter's actions are purely instinctive. If the men who are waiting have used proper caution, the pest animal can have no knowledge of their presence and, not having this knowledge, the safest thing that he can do is to run from the drivers. However, a conflict animal's instinctive reaction to danger is either to run or to hide. It is more apt to run from an unexpected danger than from one that it is aware of. Another thing which has a bearing on the decision to run or to hide is the stubborn resistance to being forced to travel in a direction not of its own choice.

I once had the opportunity of being able to watch the actions of three nuisance Newark wildlife during a drive, from a vantage point on a hill that overlooked the locale of the drive. Five men drove from the south towards three men who were covering the northern exits to the piece of suburban neighborhood being driven. There was at least a half mile of open fields to the west and such an area is usually an effective barrier to nuisance wildlife in the daylight hours. I was located to the east in another area of open country. Directly below me, there was a section of about fifty acres which had at one time been an open field with birch and scattered firs with considerable open ground between them. As the drive progressed, three nuisance wildlife broke from the heavy suburban Newark neighborhood and entered this old pasture where they hid in a thicket of small firs. This thicket was about fifty feet wide and not more than twice as long. The pest critter stayed there until the drivers had passed them by.

FREE HELP: New Jersey Wildlife Commission: 609-292-6685
FREE HELP: Essex County Animal Control: (973) 966-5751
FREE HELP: Newark Wildlife Rehabilitation: (609) 924-5704
FREE HELP: Newark police department: (973) 733-6000
PAY SERVICE: EG Wildlife Removal: 973-272-4133