Around Nebraska
Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.
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Local wildlife information
Wildlife control in Nebraska
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Wildlife in Nebraska: what to know
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 Nebraska: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wildlife actually live in Nebraska, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Release must be within 100 yards of the capture site
Relocation distance limit
Nebraska Extension: animals that cannot be released within 100 yards of capture should be euthanised.
Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska-LincolnWritten permission from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Euthanising raccoons and opossums
Not needed if you hold a furharvest permit during the furharvest season.
Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska-LincolnFarmers and ranchers may destroy raccoons and opossums damaging their property any time of year
Agricultural damage exemption
No permit is needed, and the work may be delegated to someone else.
Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska-LincolnNuisance Wildlife species recorded in Nebraska
- 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.
Rules that apply in Nebraska
For context, nationally
Sources: Nebraska Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Rabies in the United States: Protecting Public Health; Class A (commercial) Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit study packet (17 Ill. Adm. Code 525). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources
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