Wildlife Damage & Control

The USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services reports that more than half of all farmers and ranchers experience some kind of wildlife-related damage each year, with an estimated cost of more than $944 million. Such damage can negatively impact both traditional and wildlife-related farm enterprises.

If you have concerns regarding wildlife damage to your agricultural crops, livestock, other wildlife, habitat, or property, you should contact USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or Florida Wildlife Extension for technical assistance.

Additional information about the prevention and control of wildlife-related damage can be found in the sites and articles listed here.

UF/IFAS Publications

• Dealing with Unwanted Wildlife in an Urban Environment
• Bats in Buildings
• Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas-Introduction
• Bird Damage Control: Supplies
• Bird Depredations in Ponds
• Comparison of ‘Gulf Coast’ Blueberry Yields in Southwest Florida With and Without Bird Exclusion Netting
• Control and Management of Wild Hogs in Florida
• Control of Roof Rats in Fruit Trees
• Coping with Deer Damage in Florida
• Highways and Wildlife: Problems and Solutions
• Interpreting the Physical Evidence of Predation on Domestic Livestock
• Mammal Damage Control: Supplies
• Ornamental Plant Susceptibility to Damage by Deer in Florida
• Reptile Damage Control: Supplies
• Rancher Perceptions of the Coyote in Florida
• Types of Problems: Holes and Burrows in Yards
• Visual Guide to Interpreting Physical Evidence of Coyote Predation on Domestic Livestock

State & Federal Agencies

• Critter Questions--Florida FWC
• Economics in Wildlife Damage Management Studies: Common Problems and Some Solutions--USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services (pdf)
• Nuisance Wildlife Trappers Directory--Florida FWC
• USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services
• Wildlife Services: The Facts About Wildlife Damage Management--USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services (pdf)
• Wildlife Services: Florida--USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services

Other University Sites

• The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
• Managing Nuisance Animals and Associated Damage Around the Home--University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service (pdf)
• Using Single-Strand Fencing to Manage Deer Damage--University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service (pdf)

Organizations & Associations

• Potential Costs of Losing Hunting and Trapping as Wildlife Management Methods--Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (pdf)

Related Links

• Professional Wildlife Removal--AAAnimalControl

• Return to Wildlife & Hunting