Exclusion vs. Trapping
Trapping
What's wrong with trapping
The problem with trapping is that it moves an animal away. According to the California law, nuisance animals
removed from the immediate vicinity of capture must be killed. There are no exceptions.
Trapping often grabs the mother animal leaving babies to die under your home. Trapping does not seal up the entry points — which leaves your home open for future visitors.
Relocation is not a solution!
Relocating wildlife is not in the animals' best interest — it can break up families, expose animals to diseases or territorial conflicts, and is illegal. California state law requires that any ‘nuisance’ wildlife removed from your property be destroyed — and this is exactly what happens with traditional trapping services. Even if you remove one animal, others are likely to move in unless the core problem is addressed.
Animals who are trapped are frightened. They are so scared they are willing to do anything to get out.They often struggle and cause physical damage to themselves, and are suffering every second. There are no humane traps!
Every being deserves the utmost respect and treatment. Suffering is
not just a human feeling.
Trench and wire work done on entire perimeter of home to keep animals from digging under and getting back in.
Exclusion work on a deck. Gaps between steps were sealed off to prevent animals from getting underneath.
Exclusion
Why Exclusion
- Exclusion:
- Is a humane, life-oriented alternative to trapping
- Is a fee-based program created by Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue to help the public with nuisance wildlife
- Helps fund the work of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue
Exclusion addresses the heart of the problem
What attracts wildlife to your home? How are they getting in? We will work with you to find and remove the attractants, and seal the access points
— thus motivating the animals to move on within their territory and reducing the likelihood that other animals will move in.
All the proceeds of A Wildlife Exclusion Services go towards Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue and their non-profit work to rescue, rehabilitate, and release wildlife.
Trapping Laws in California
Why can't you trap and relocate an animal; what are DFG rules and why?
(the following regulations were sited from Title14 CCR Sect. 465 and 475.)
DFG have determined this to be a common method of spreading diseases in animals,
and introducing diseases to otherwise healthy wildlife habitats.
Any person involved in trapping wildlife in the state of California must abide by local and state regulations. Even residents who wish to rid their property of wildlife must abide by these regulations.
Immediate dispatch or release
Trapping and relocating of wildlife is prohibited. All furbearing and nongame mammals that are legal to trap must be
immediately killed or released. Unless released, trapped animals shall be killed by shooting where local ordinances,
landowners, and safety permit. This regulation does not prohibit employees of federal, state, or local government from
using chemical euthanasia to dispatch trapped animals.
Trap visitation requirement
All traps shall be visited at least once daily by
the owner of the traps or his/her designee. Such designee shall carry on his/her person written authorization, as owner's
representative, to check traps. In the event that an unforeseen medical emergency prevents the owner of the traps from
visiting traps another person may, with written authorization from the owner, check traps as required. The designee and
the person who issues the authorization to check traps shall comply with all provisions of Section 465.5. Each time traps
are checked all trapped animals shall be removed.
Trap placement requirement
Traps may not be set within 150 yards of any
structure used as a permanent or temporary residence, unless such traps are set by a person controlling such property
or by a person who has and is carrying with him written consent of the landowner to so place the trap or traps.
Poison is not an authorized method of take.
Violation of any trapping rule or regulation is punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.