Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
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Control Methods that Are Best Avoided
avoided methods This is the home page for techniques and methods for controlling wildlife damage that should be left unused.

Everyone loves home-remedies. But when it comes to wildlife damage control, many home-remedies can be not only ineffective, they can be downright dangerous.

A technique may not be the best option if it:
  1. does not work.
  2. is dangerous to the user.
  3. is dangerous to the environment.
  4. is dangerous to non-targets.
  5. is most likely illegal.
  6. is unnecessarily cruel.
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