Wildlife exclusion is a type of pest control that involves sealing off the perimeter of your property and keeping animals out. The idea is to prevent the entrance of unwanted wildlife such as rodents and coyotes into your home. There are many benefits to this approach, including protection for your family’s health, safety from predators, and prevention of costly repairs or damage to homes or other structures on your property.
While some wildlife tends to avoid human habitations, there are still plenty of wild animals that want to make their home inside your home or in other structures nearby. If allowed to get inside, these animals can create a whole host of problems for homeowners. Fortunately, wildlife exclusion can provide great benefits in terms of the protection and health of your family and your property.
Why Is Wildlife Exclusion Such A Great Idea?
Here are a few reasons why you should take safety and health into consideration before attempting any wildlife exclusion project:
– Preventing potentially dangerous pests such as rodents or coyotes from entering your house.
– Protecting your family from the risk of illnesses caused by contact with wildlife. These include the plague, which can be carried by fleas and ticks on wild animals, rabies, and Lyme Disease.
– Investing in your home’s security by preventing wild animals from denning under your home or in other parts of your property.
– Saving money on costly repairs such as damaged wiring or structural damage caused by animal infestations in structures on your property.
– Avoiding potentially life-threatening confrontations with large predators such as coyotes or bears that like to prey on small children and pets.
– Protecting your home, structure, or other property from damage caused by harmful wildlife such as termites and wood-destroying beetles.
– Delaying the time, it takes for dangerous and pesky pests to create a serious infestation in your house.
Things to consider!
It is important to remember that wildlife exclusion can be a long-term project, which requires careful planning and consideration of the animals living in or visiting the area. Before beginning any wildlife exclusion project, contact professionals experienced in wildlife exclusion. Make sure you’ve done the following first:
- Get your property title signed and topographically surveyed
- Get an Access Permit from Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry
- Obtain an Environmental Approval from municipalities or regional districts where applicable in some cases, it may be appropriate to submit a Project Report that meets submittal requirements for certain decision-making processes related to the project’s potential impact on other land uses
- Conduct an ecological assessment of your property or area
- Contact wildlife rehabilitation agencies to see what assistance they can provide in determining whether a wildlife exclusion project is likely to be successful or not.
- Determine which species live on your property and make a plan that accommodates those species as well as possible future changes in the wildlife community
Do you know what the three primary reasons are to conserve wildlife?
Habitat loss and fragmentation destroys natural landscapes, diminishes biodiversity and disrupts ecosystems, climate change is flooding out animals that live near the coast. Hunting pressures large numbers of animals into smaller areas with higher death rates. Humans pose a threat through pollution, overconsumption and invasive species. If you need any help in Wildlife exclusion, reach out to us.
