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Overview of Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Habitat Modification
- Remove garbage, debris, and lumber piles
Exclusion
- Close cellar, outside basement, and crawl-space doors
- Seal and cover all openings
- Trench-screen decks and porches
- Install wire mesh fences around poultry yards
- Elevate beehives and install aluminum guards
- Secure the base of fences
- One-way doors
Frightening
- Limited value
Repellents
- None are effective
Toxicants
- Gas cartridges
Shooting
- Effective, but usually emits odor
Trapping
- No. 1 foothold
- No. 160 or 220 Conibear®-style or body-gripping traps
- 7- x 7- x 24-inch cage or box trap
Other Control Methods
- Direct capture