FREE HELP: Oregon Wildlife Commission: 503-947-6301

The Oregon Wildlife Commission, also known as the Oregon Department of Fish & Game or the Oregon 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 Eugene with certain wildlife problems. You can reach their offices by calling 503-947-6301. Visit them at https://www.dfw.state.or.us/

FREE HELP: Lane County Animal Control: (541) 682-3645

Lane 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.eugene-or.gov/1919/Animal-Services. If that doesn't work, click here for the Eugene police dept, who can provide free Eugene wildlife control - but read my explanation.

FREE HELP: Eugene Wildlife Rehabilitation: (541) 344-0675

Eugene 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 Oregon Wild at https://oregonwild.org/

PAY SERVICE: Pacific Wildlife Control: 541-255-2308

Pacific Wildlife Control is a private wildlife control business that charges for critter removal in Eugene. Pacific Wildlife Control 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 Eugene, Oregon. The first thing you can try is your local Lane County animal services, or the free Eugene animal control services by calling (541) 682-3645. 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 Oregon Wildlife Commission at 503-947-6301. They do free wildlife control in Eugene and all of Oregon. 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 Eugene Wildlife Rehabilitation at (541) 344-0675 for local free animal removal and trapping, and they may help with providing free critter removal in Eugene. 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 Eugene 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 Pacific Wildlife Control at 541-255-2308. Some people wonder if animal control costs money, or how much does animal removal cost. For that, call 541-255-2308 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 Eugene police department. Click here for Eugene police department animal removal and for a short explanation.

Eugene wildlife issues:

Nuisance Eugene wildlife were scarce that year or we would not have bothered with that one, for the piece of suburban neighborhood which it had entered was a very difficult place to trap. There was a good tracking snow, so the pest critter could be followed; nevertheless, the suburban neighborhood were such that it would be nearly impossible to predict where the pest critter would stop to observe its back neighborhood. The under-neighborhood was also so thick that it would be difficult to obtain a clear effort to remove a pest animal anywhere except at a few small clearings which the pest critter would probably avoid. Because of the size and shape of the suburban neighborhood, it would be impossible to drive the pest critter from there without the aid of a small army of pest control operators. I predicted that the pest critter would stay in the suburban neighborhood until near sunset unless it followed its back neighborhood as soon as it was started. I picked the place where the pest critter would cross a road if it should decide to leave the suburban neighborhood.

I refused to follow the track until I had the assurance of the one nuisance Eugene wildlife control professional in whom I had confidence that he would cover that crossing from sunset to dark. One of the others accompanied me into the suburban neighborhood, the fourth man circling to a place where he thought the pest critter might cross e critter traps road. I saw the pest critter several times that day, but the man whom I had stationed on the road humanely trap and relocateed it after sunset at the crossing I had predicted the pest critter would use at that time.

It is unusual to be correct in making long range predictions such as this unless the nuisance wildlife control professional is familiar with the actions of the pest critter which he is following, the pest critter's range and its feeding grounds. In the above case, I had followed the same nuisance Eugene wildlife in the same area several days before and I was quite sure it would leave the large piece of suburban neighborhood for a favored feeding ground as soon as it was hungry. In order to reach this feeding area, it would have to cross a road, and the crossing which I selected was the most probable of the ones which crossed the road. One of the most discouraging catches pest animals I have ever experienced occurred when I neighborhooded two nuisance wildlife all day long, knew where they were going for a half-hour before they arrived, was unable to get a companion in position for the humanely trap and relocate and was unable to do the job myself. After almost a day of frustration, I sent two men to cover a crossing and they let the Eugene pest critter pass, unseen, between them.

FREE HELP: Oregon Wildlife Commission: 503-947-6301
FREE HELP: Lane County Animal Control: (541) 682-3645
FREE HELP: Eugene Wildlife Rehabilitation: (541) 344-0675
FREE HELP: Eugene police department: (541) 682-5111
PAY SERVICE: Pacific Wildlife Control: 541-255-2308