Overview of How to Stop Damage Caused by Nuisance Wildlife in Your Yard

Holly K. Ober and Arlo Kane

Release Date: 10/1/2015

Reviewed At: 11/18/2024

DOI: 10.32473/EDIS-UW368-2012

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Abstract

Here we suggest a sequence of steps you can implement when wildlife is causing damage in your yard. These suggestions should help reduce wildlife damage in a practical, humane, and environmentally responsible manner.

About this Publication

This document is WEC323, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2012. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Holly K. Ober, associate professor/Extension specialist in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; and Arlo Kane, regional coordinator of the Landowner Assistance Program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Ober, H. K., & Kane, A. (2012). Overview of How to Stop Damage Caused by Nuisance Wildlife in Your Yard. EDIS, 2012(11). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw368-2012

Authors

Holly Ober

former professor of wildlife ecology and wildlife Extension specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS North Florida Research & Education Center

Arlo Kane

wildlife biologist and regional coordinator of the Landowner Assistance Program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Contacts

Mark Hostetler

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University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL

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