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PREDATOR, VARMINT & NUISANCE ANIMAL REMOVAL
Are armadillos or moles feasting on your lawn? (The healthier, the better for them!)
Or maybe Wily E. Coyote having neighborhood pets for snacks? Or helping "deliver" baby livestock?
Or does it seem that a raccoon has sold his friends meal tickets to your trash container? Or located your pet door?
You are not alone! As the "urban sprawl" moves north from Dallas and Fort Worth, more and more "nuisance critters" are seeking new habitats. They are often in very poor health, sometimes rabid, but generally simply desperately seeking new sources of food!
Lonnie Ward may be able to fill the void often left by local animal control officers, particularly with some of the smarter species. His experience began around 1960, taking out large "chicken house rats" and continues to the present with ongoing trapping of raccoons on his own property near Copper Canyon. Mr. Ward maintains both a Texas Parks and Wildlife Hunting and Trapping License and is a Master Level Hunter Education Instructor (additional certifications are on "Instructors" page). Equipment includes live box traps, underground scissor traps, crossbows, air guns, and/or firearms with specialty ammunition.
Private landowners may be given "dead or alive" options with some animals. Due to statewide rabies concerns, after capture, live transport can be illegal with some fur-bearing species. While cunning 'coons or coyotes are the primary problem for most property owners, other non-game animals that Mr. Ward may consider removing include (but are not limited to) moles, armadillos, water moccasins, skunks, squirrels, crows, prarie dogs, feral hogs, bobcats, fox, badgers or mountain lions.
Although some work may be necessary after dark, appointments for initial safety, legality and ethics assessments are typically required during daylight hours. Fees vary with a broad range of circumstances, which must generally be evaluated on an individual basis. Lonnie can be reached at dcsa1996@yahoo.com or 940-241-2376.