Local wildlife information

Wildlife control in Oklahoma

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

Wildlife in Oklahoma: what to know

Around Oklahoma

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 Oklahoma: what the public record shows

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

National Wildlife Control Training Program plus a certification exam; renewed annually

NWCO permit

The permit and a Nuisance Wildlife Complaint Report Form must be carried at all times while working.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Outside city limits, no more than one county from the capture site, and within Oklahoma

Relocation distance limit

Release on private land needs written landowner permission; release on public land needs written permission from the governing entity.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

No more than 24 hours

Holding time before release

Longer possession requires specific Department authorisation.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Oklahoma

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.

Captured wildlife that appears sick or diseased must be euthanised rather than relocated, and the carcass buried or incinerated.

Rules that apply in Oklahoma

ODWC NWCO Title 800

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: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation; 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

Explore Oklahoma cities

Ardmore

Humid Subtropical · rural setting

Wildlife control in Oklahoma

Wildlife in Oklahoma: what to know

Around Oklahoma

What to note

A useful next step

Wildlife in Oklahoma: what the public record shows

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Oklahoma

Rules that apply in Oklahoma

For context, nationally

Explore Oklahoma cities

Ardmore

Bartlesville

Broken Arrow

Edmond

Enid

Lawton

Midwest City

Moore

Muskogee

Norman

Oklahoma City

Owasso

Ponca City

Shawnee

Stillwater

Tulsa

Durant

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