Do services exist for 'moving' pests rather than exterminating them?

I. E locate the ant hill and relocate it to a nearby forest rather than laying bait that suffocates and kills the whole clan. Or Blocks entry for mice and then leads them to go elsewhere.... along these lines?

Would love to know if this exists in the Seattle, WA area, but info about services like this anywhere would be interesting to me. Asked by OrangeApple 46 months ago Similar questions: services exist moving pests exterminating Science > Animals.

Similar questions: services exist moving pests exterminating.

Probably not. Mice? Probably not either..... .......but I can tell you that there are companies, at least in Ohio, that will trap and release animals.

It will cost more than the, uh, extermination side of things. Also, the animals will need to be removed faaaaaaaaaaaaaar away. For example, my parents had racoons in their attic (don't ask!

). They lived near woods and the little fellas were born up there. If they had been trapped and released out in the woods behind their house, they would have just made their way back "home".

Hope this helps! .

The ant hill thing....uh, no But "Have A Heart" traps are relatively easy to find for rodents. The range from sticky tape that trap the animal and you can release them (careful, I knew someone who ripped the feet off a mouse with this one) all the way to traps for larger animals like raccoons that can get in but can't get out without you releasing the door.

There are benificial insects and there are "pests". Bee Keepers move pollinating hives all the time. However, your question mentions mice (rodents which carry disease), and ants.

Obviously, no one is going to collect all the ants on anyones property. In addition, you'd have to locate and move the queen - to get the remaining colony to follow - impractical as well as nearly impossible. Other "pests" roaches - bed bugs - slugs -- What would be the point of moving them?

As an FYI - In New York, due to increased cases of rabies, a recent letter from the New York Board of Health stated that any trapper or nuisance wildlife rehabilitators can no longer relocate ANY wild animals at this time (meaning that trapped squirrels, etc. Must be humanly euthanized).

1 I don't think they would be able to get all of the ants. They do this with bees thouugh, they take the honeycomb and the whole hive and move them to bee farms. As far as mice go you can buy humane traps and release them into the woods yourself.

You can pretty much buy a humane trap for any kind of animal or inscect.

I don't think they would be able to get all of the ants. They do this with bees thouugh, they take the honeycomb and the whole hive and move them to bee farms. As far as mice go you can buy humane traps and release them into the woods yourself.

You can pretty much buy a humane trap for any kind of animal or inscect.

2 If you clean your house the pests will move to your neighbors house.

If you clean your house the pests will move to your neighbors house.

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