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Wildlife control in Indiana

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Wildlife in Indiana: what to know

Around Indiana

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see wildlife, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Wildlife in Indiana: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wildlife actually live in Indiana, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Release or euthanize within 24 hours; release in county of capture

Trapped raccoons, skunks, opossums, squirrels

Landowners may take these when damaging property or threatening safety.

Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife

One retake within 45 days; not again within 180 days after a second failure

NWAC permit exam retake rule

Permit required to charge for control services.

Indiana DNR

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Indiana

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) — Top terrestrial rabies vector in the East; relocation banned in most states.
Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) — Primary rabies reservoir in Texas and the central U.S.; Illinois requires euthanasia of trapped striped skunks.
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) — Furbearer in Illinois; rarely rabid; handled under general nuisance rules.
Gray fox / red fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus / Vulpes vulpes) — Rabies vector species in MD and PA; Texas bans transport of live foxes.

Rules that apply in Indiana

For context, nationally

Around 4,000; more than 90% in wildlife — Animal rabies cases reported per year. CDC
More than 20% each — Skunks and foxes that expose people or pets and are rabid. CDC

Sources: Indiana DNR Division of Fish & Wildlife; Indiana DNR; Rabies in the United States: Protecting Public Health; Class A (commercial) Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit study packet (17 Ill. Adm. Code 525); COMAR 08.03.15 Wildlife Damage Control Operator regulations. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Bloomington

Humid Continental · suburban setting

Wildlife control in Indiana

Wildlife in Indiana: what to know

Around Indiana

What to note

A useful next step

Wildlife in Indiana: what the public record shows

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Indiana

Rules that apply in Indiana

For context, nationally

Explore Indiana cities

Bloomington

Carmel

Elkhart

Evansville

Fishers

Fort Wayne

Gary

Greenwood

Hammond

Indianapolis

Kokomo

Lafayette

Mishawaka

Muncie

Noblesville

South Bend

Terre Haute

Columbus

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