FREE HELP: Nevada Wildlife Commission: (775) 688-1569

The Nevada Wildlife Commission, also known as the Nevada Department of Fish & Game or the Nevada 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 Reno with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling (775) 688-1569. Visit them at http://www.ndow.org/

FREE HELP: Washoe County Animal Control: (775) 858-1616

Washoe 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.washoecounty.us/animal/field_services/welfare.php. If that doesn't work, click here for the Reno police dept, who can provide free Reno wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Reno Wildlife Rehabilitation: 775-284-9453

Reno 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 Rescue Foundation at http://www.nvwf.org/

PAY SERVICE: Professional Wildlife Removal: 775-473-6603

Professional Wildlife Removal is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Reno. Professional 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 Reno, Nevada. The first thing you can try is your local Washoe County animal services, or the free Reno animal control services by calling (775) 858-1616. 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 Nevada Wildlife Commission at (775) 688-1569. They do free wildlife control in Reno and all of Nevada. 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 Reno Wildlife Rehabilitation at 775-284-9453 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Reno. 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 Reno 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 Professional Wildlife Removal at 775-473-6603. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 775-473-6603 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 Reno police department. Click here for Reno police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Reno wildlife issues:

They have many of these places over their range end use one that is near the area where they are feeding. If they stay several days in one part of their range (which is unusual) they might use the same bedding place while in that area. If I should see nuisance wildlife from its bed on one day and if the signs indicated that the same nuisance Reno wildlife was in the same section on the following day, that bed would be the first place that I would look for him. While many of these bedding areas are almost impossible to animal track successfully, the knowledge of their location will often enable the nuisance wildlife control professional to bag a conflict animal by waiting in the late afternoon for the animals to leave their beds for their feeding grounds. If he is stationed in the right place, his chances of sighting a conflict animal are high. I have effort to remove a pest animal several which were leaving one bedding place that has been in almost continuous use for a good many years that I have never been able to animal track successfully.

I do not enjoy removing unwanted wildlife in this, simply because I lack the patience to wait without the assurance that nuisance wildlife will come my way. When animal tracking nuisance wildlife, the most important thing for the animal tracker to avoid is the possibility of his scent alarming the Reno animal. The only sure way to do this is to face the wind while removing unwanted wildlife. Sometimes it is possible to approach an animal across the wind if the wind is quite strong and steady with no cross currents. If there is no apparent air movement it is sometimes possible to approach a conflict animal down the wind, if the nuisance wildlife control professional can move towards the animal faster than air carries his scent towards the animal. Noise is the next thing which the nuisance wildlife control professional must avoid if he expects to animal track nuisance wildlife successfully. Some pest control operators think that noise will alert a conflict animal as quickly as scent, and perhaps they are right; but I am sure in my own mind that nuisance wildlife can identify an odor with more certainty than they can sound.

Very few men can travel the suburban Reno neighborhood without making quite a bit of unnecessary noise. The breaking of dead branches instead of avoiding them is an unconscious habit with many men. Holding living branches until the nuisance wildlife control professional has past and then letting them swish back into place, makes more noise than most men realize. Avoid these noises by keeping the hands away from trees and branches except when necessary to protect the face and eyes. It is often impossible to avoid body contact with trees and neighborhood; however, the noise of such contacts may be minimized by wearing the proper clothing. Woolen cloth is the quietest material for suburban neighborhood wear and hand-finished cotton, corduroy, leather, and rubber are the most objectionable. The sound of footsteps can be reduced by wearing the proper footwear. It is almost impossible to travel quietly in the suburban neighborhood if shod in hard-soled shoes. Rubber is the quietest practical material for removing unwanted Reno wildlife footwear, but the soles should be soft enough so that minor irregularities in the ground may be felt with the foot.

FREE HELP: Nevada Wildlife Commission: (775) 688-1569
FREE HELP: Washoe County Animal Control: (775) 858-1616
FREE HELP: Reno Wildlife Rehabilitation: 775-284-9453
FREE HELP: Reno police department: (775) 334-2121
PAY SERVICE: Professional Wildlife Removal: 775-473-6603