Any wild animal can carry disease, therefore precautions should be taken if an animal needs to be moved. Loc: Louisiana After posting a couple of times about killing foxes while calling coyotes here in LA, another member brought it to my attention that it might not be legal to take foxes by shooting during the trapping season. However, it depends on what kind of turtle it is. If a bird has fallen, it is ok to gently return it to the nest.The best way to make sure an animal is truly orphaned is to wait and check it periodically.

Non-profit organizations, nature centers, and other educational organizations can request a salvage permit to have it mounted and used for an educational display.There are many ordinary causes of wild bird mortality including disease, weather events, predation, trauma from flying into buildings, windows or power lines and legal pest control. Also, try to keep bird seed from landing on the ground.A coyote is not likely to attack a human, even a child, but would consider a cat, small dog, or rabbit as a food source. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts A person also cannot posses any parts such as feathers, nests, or eggs without the proper permit. I did not let them back into the big uncovered. Many of them, including raccoons, carry a variety of diseases that can be transmitted to humans and domestic animals. If you find one that is injured, please contact a licensed rehabilitator. Please call a licensed rehabilitator near you and either transport the animals to the rehabilitator immediately, or keep them in a box until the rehabilitator arrives.

Most wild birds are protected by state and/or federal law and can only be possessed by licensed individuals.If Canada geese are nesting on your property, you can remove the nest and destroy or addle the eggs by going on-line and registering with the To remove adult geese, you will need to contact the DNR to obtain the names of individuals that are permitted to trap and relocate or euthanize nuisance Canada geese. If you do not want to trap it yourself, you can hire someone. If you are the homeowner or tenant, you can buy a live-trap and trap a raccoon, squirrel or opossum on your property without a permit.
I found a Great Horned owl in the middle of the road about ten years ago and wanted to make something awesome with the feathers, so I picked it up (thinking at five AM it couldn't have been there long).

Furthermore, a permit is required to keep one as a pet, but the law does not allow baby wild animals to be kept as pets if the animal was not obtained lawfully.

Wear heavy-duty leather gloves and scoop up the bat with a shovel or container.

While it is legal to kill sparrows in most places and it may be tempting to use poison, you will probably end up killing many other protected species in the process. Currently, the most common diseases of concern in birds are Avian Conjunctivitis, Histoplasmosis, and West Nile Virus. Adult animals frequently leave their young to forage for food, but they rarely abandon their young. If they are later disturbed, the mother has returned.If you find what looks like an orphaned fawn, just wait and check it periodically. I'm gonna go google my nearest sanctuary right now!There's no need to report it or anything, but if it's fairly fresh/intact your local natural history museum would likely be interested in adding a specimen to their collection. He's going to be thrilled!" Place it into another plastic bag, close it securely, spray with disinfectant, and dispose of it in your trash.If there is any question that a person or animal has been bitten or scratched by a bat, contact your For some common species, yes you can. Hope this helps!New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castThis subreddit is dedicated to everything that makes you go "Hoo"! Wild rabbits, squirrels, and most other species of animals found in the wild are also regulated by the DNR.