About This Referral Service
A Michigan referral service for one kind of problem: an animal living somewhere in your house it should not be. This page explains how it works and how the information here is put together.
Calls route by ZIP where an operator covers the address, and otherwise come to Local Core Group, which runs this site. Or send a request.
Who runs this site
This site is run by Local Core Group. Local Core Group does not do wildlife work itself: it runs the site, routes calls and requests to independent operators, and is responsible for what the pages here say.
How the service works
Michigan Attic Animal Removal is a referral service run by Local Core Group. It answers calls and form requests from Michigan homeowners and passes them to independent wildlife control operators where one covers the address. It employs no field staff and does no removal, exclusion or repair work itself. The operator who takes the job sets the price, does the work and answers for its own permits and insurance.
When you call 616-512-2425 or send the form, your request routes by ZIP code to an independent operator where one covers your address. That operator calls back, hears what you are dealing with, and gives you a price and a time. Where none does, the request stays with Local Core Group, which runs this site and may still be able to point you somewhere useful.
The site never sees inside your attic and never prices a job. That is why it publishes no prices, no response times and no promises about availability.
What operators handle
The pages on this site cover bats, squirrels, raccoons, mice and rats, and birds in vents and soffits, plus exclusion, cleanup and repair. Which of those jobs the operator who takes your call does, and which state permits cover it, is something to confirm on that call. For Michigan's permit rules, see the DNR's page on wildlife damage and nuisance control permits.
How the information is sourced
Every rule and health statement on the site is taken from the agency that publishes it: federal agencies such as the CDC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, and county, city and district health departments, animal control offices and other local agencies. Michigan DNR pages are linked for further reading, but the site does not quote them or rely on them for its facts. Where an agency does not cover a detail of animal behavior, pages link to the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management (icwdm.org) rather than restating it. Each service, guide and city page lists its sources with the date they were read. The full list is on the sources page. The census figures on the city pages come from the U.S. Census Bureau. Nothing here is written as if from personal field experience, because the site has none of its own; the operators do.
How pages are made
Pages on this site are drafted with AI tools from a file of dated quotes taken from the sources listed on the sources page. Before a page goes live, automated checks and a separate AI review compare its statements with those quotes, and a statement that doesn't match is corrected, hedged or removed. Local Core Group is responsible for this site. If something here is wrong, tell us, with the source if you have one. Corrections to rules and agency details are checked and, once verified, applied and dated.
What this site will not do
- Recommend killing bats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says many bats are federally protected.
- Suggest trapping squirrels or raccoons and releasing them somewhere else.
- Arrange for finished walls or ceilings to be opened.
- Publish prices, ratings or claims about any operator's credentials.
The disclaimer sets out what that means for the information here and for any work you arrange.
Describe what you are hearing
When it happens, where in the house, and what you have seen outside. Your call routes by ZIP to an independent wildlife control operator where one covers your address, and that operator settles price and timing with you. Where none does, it comes to Local Core Group, which runs this site.