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Wildlife control in Oregon

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

Wildlife in Oregon: what to know

Around Oregon

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 Oregon: what the public record shows

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

Prohibited except for a short authorised list

Relocation of nuisance wildlife

OAR 635-435-0010(4): wildlife causing damage or a nuisance cannot be relocated unless specifically authorised.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Western gray squirrel, marten, fisher, four native snakes, and badger or beaver with prior ODFW approval

Species a WCO may transport for relocation

Everything else must be released on site or euthanised; a WCO permit does not allow transporting other captured wildlife.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Must be euthanised and cannot be released on site

Prohibited species

The list in OAR 635-056-0050 includes opossum and eastern gray and fox squirrels; they may be moved off site only to be euthanised.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Oregon

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.

When wildlife are busiest in Oregon

ODFW warns against bat exclusions during the summer maternity season, when flightless pups would be trapped inside; schedule after pups are flying.

A WCO permit and reporting are not required to control predatory animals if all work, including euthanasia, happens on the client property and no live wildlife leaves the premises.

Rules that apply in Oregon

ODFW WCO Study Guide and Training Manual

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: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; 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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Wildlife control in Oregon

Wildlife in Oregon: what to know

Around Oregon

What to note

A useful next step

Wildlife in Oregon: what the public record shows

Nuisance Wildlife species recorded in Oregon

When wildlife are busiest in Oregon

Rules that apply in Oregon

For context, nationally

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