Around Wyoming
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 Wyoming
Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.
Wildlife in Wyoming: 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 Wyoming: what the public record shows
Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which wildlife actually live in Wyoming, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.
Used for urban nuisance wildlife; live traps loaned by WGFD
Live trapping and relocation
Wyoming Game and Fish and Cheyenne Metro Animal Control both lend live traps to residents.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentMay be killed if causing damage, but live trapping and relocation are preferred
Badgers
WGFD asks that the game warden be notified if a badger is killed.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentWritten WGFD permission required before any interference
Canada goose nests and eggs
WGFD holds a statewide USFWS permit and enrols landowners as sub-permittees for egg oiling; hazing and scaring need no permit.
Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentNuisance Wildlife species recorded in Wyoming
- 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 Wyoming
For context, nationally
Sources: Wyoming Game and Fish Department; 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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