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Solutions for wildlife conflict
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Humane Wildlife Conflict Resolution Guide
If your organization deals with wildlife calls from the public, this manual is for you. Our aim is to provide easy, practical solutions that you can relay—over the phone—for the wildlife dilemmas your constituents encounter.
Find tips for handling calls about injured and orphaned wildlife, conflict resolution advice for the most common urban wildlife species, guidelines for when to refer calls to a wildlife rehabilitator or wildlife control operator, and a list of web resources to give to the public. Download your free copy now.
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Animal Sheltering empowers shelter professionals and rescue groups to help create a world where people and animals thrive—living happy, healthy lives together through four key areas working to:
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Calls of the wild
Finding more humane ways to
resolve wildlife conflicts
"I don't want that raccoon laying eggs in my gutter," the caller said. (And no, he wasn't a transplant from Eastern Australia—where the egg-laying mammal, the platypus, resides.)
This isn't a call I get frequently, but getting it more than once is too frequent. And it's not the most egregious call regarding the perception or treatment of wildlife I have gotten in the 10 years that I have been in the wildlife conflict resolution business, but it is always one that is jarring and serves to remind me about the serious disconnect and misperceptions people have about wildlife..." Keep reading!
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Sharing spaces
A collaboration between cat and bird advocates
demos spaces that keep both species safe
Media articles about the tensions between cat and bird advocates often feature dramatic headlines—"Fur and Feathers Are Flying!"—to highlight the ways in which the two groups of animal lovers butt heads.
While it's true there are conflicts, there is also common ground. Rather than constantly obsessing over the issues that wildlife and cat advocates ... Keep reading!
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Trainings & Events
Resolving wildlife conflicts humanely and effectively
This archived webinar focuses on ways to handle common "nuisance" wildlife conflicts over the phone and in the field, with the first vital step being a proper diagnosis of the problem, and determining if it's a true problem (needing resolution) or a fear-based problem (needing public understanding). Interactive exercises and "mystery scenarios" will help participants learn various strategies and discern what types of responses best suit certain "nuisance" situations.
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Download Wild Neighbors for free
Our popular book, Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife is now free to view and download electronically! Long a favorite of animal care and control professionals, this book provides practical, humane and effective advice on how to share living space with 35 of the most common species, from alligators to woodpeckers, found in the lower 48 states.
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Photo credits: Raccoon by John Griffin/The HSUS; fox by John Harrison ; cat in catio by Katie Lisnik/The HSUS; coyote by John Harrison; squirrels by tillsonburg/iStockphoto; kitten by Malcolm Bramwell/Humane Society Silicon Valley
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