What operators handle

Services by Animal and Problem

Start with the animal if you know it, or the situation if you do not. Each page explains what the work involves, what Michigan's rules say, and what to ask on the call.

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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.

By animal

What each animal sounds like, when it breeds, and how it is removed under Michigan rules.

Several big brown bats huddled together in a tight cluster

Bat Removal and Exclusion

Many bats are federally protected, and the work is exclusion, timed around the summer maternity season.

Eastern gray squirrel sitting on a rock, eating a milkweed seed pod

Squirrel Removal

Scratching and running overhead. Fox squirrels usually have two litters a year, so check for young before the opening is sealed.

Raccoon curled up inside a hollow in a tree trunk, looking out

Raccoon Removal

Usually one litter a year, an entry to close, and droppings that need careful cleanup.

Deer mouse with a white belly clinging to a bare branch in winter

Mouse and Rat Removal

Scratching in the walls or ceiling, and droppings. The gaps get sealed, and the droppings need a wet cleanup.

Two European starlings with white-spotted winter feathers perched on a weathered log

Bird Removal from Vents and Attics

Starlings and sparrows in vents and soffits. Which birds are protected decides what can be done.

By situation

Two situations that need a different first step.

Bat in the House

Do not let it go yet. Confine it if you safely can and ask your local health department whether it should be tested.

Animals in the Walls

Scratching behind drywall from an animal that got in somewhere else. Dealt with where it enters.

The work

Keeping animals out, and dealing with what they leave behind.

Wildlife Exclusion and Entry-Point Sealing

One-way doors, then sealing every gap with durable material. The part of the job that stops a repeat.

Attic Cleanup, Insulation and Damage Repair

Droppings, guano and soiled insulation, plus the repairs to entry points.

If you are not sure which animal it is, the identification guide lists the checks that settle it. Animal photographs are public-domain images from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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.

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