Local wildlife information

Wildlife control in Minnesota

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

Wildlife in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

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 Minnesota: what the public record shows

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

Within 24 hours to the local Conservation Officer

Reporting after lethal removal of a damaging raccoon

No license or permit needed for landowner control.

Minnesota DNR

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Minnesota

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.
Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) — Most common building bat; protected with maternity-season exclusion limits.

Rules that apply in Minnesota

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: Minnesota DNR; Rabies in the United States: Protecting Public Health; Class A (commercial) Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit study packet (17 Ill. Adm. Code 525); Impacted Bats. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Blaine

Humid Continental · suburban setting

Wildlife control in Minnesota

Wildlife in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

What to note

A useful next step

Wildlife in Minnesota: what the public record shows

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Minnesota

Rules that apply in Minnesota

For context, nationally

Explore Minnesota cities

Blaine

Bloomington

Brooklyn Park

Burnsville

Coon Rapids

Duluth

Eagan

Eden Prairie

Lakeville

Mankato

Maple Grove

Minneapolis

Moorhead

Plymouth

Rochester

Saint Paul

St. Cloud

Woodbury

Richfield

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