The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company is hear to answer the call. This is a prime time of the year for both bat  exclusions and bat house installations to be performed. However … first you will need your property professionally inspected. For instance, if you have attic vents such as the one shown, that do not have exclusion equipment on the externals of the vent louvers, then you have a higher chance of having bats on your property, which will soon find their way into your structures.

One of the easiest ways to determine whether or not you have bats occupying your structure, is to look for the “guano” or fecal material below the openings. Now this does not mean that you have a bat infestation, but it does mean that bats are loitering on your structure, at the very least. This allowed continuous behavior, will increase the chance that you will eventually have the bats inside your attic.

So what does the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company propose? A proper and thorough inspection as a first step in the remedy. We will inspect every crevice and opening in your structure for the evidence or signs of bats loitering or occupying it. Unless you know exactly where to look, and what to look for, it’s hard to determine whether or not you have bats. If bats are found to be in your structure, we will provide an estimate for the exclusion of the bats, options and procedures. Then we will get to work upon approval.

The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company does not trap bats, however, we will humanely remove them temporarily until the repair and exclusion work can be completed, then the bats will be released. This is done, to ensure that the bats do not regain access to your structures while services are being performed, and therefore they do not get closed in.  During this time, we will also install one of our custom bat houses on your property if need be. This will give the bats a new place to reside, while keeping them in the area to continue to consume insects.

The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company will dismantle the occupied structures, repair as needed, and professionally reinstall and pint if necessary. While this is being done, we will also exclude, seal, clean out fecal material, disinfect, sanitize and apply virucide to assist in removing the potential threat of bacteria and fungal spores which can be harmful to humans. By the time we are finished … you will be most pleased with the service you requested, and the professionalism that you have demanded.

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The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma … performs this task of removing swarms of honey  bees from the outside of structures, as wells as honey bees and entire hives from within structures. In performing this task, safety is foremost in our minds, but the public needs to be made aware of a few facts.

First of all, there is no way to visually distinguish the difference between the European Honey Bee, and the Africanized Honey Bee. And during certain times, even the European Honey Bee will be as aggressive as their Africanized cousins. For instance, European Honey Bees, though for the most part are very docile on warm clears days, become extremely aggressive on stormy days or just before a weather front moves in. Since visual recognition cannot be obtained for a definitive classification of honey bees, the employees of Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company dress in “full bee keeping” attire for the removal of any honey bees.

Secondly, the public safety factor. We’re not talking about the safety of the landowner, as theirs has usually been considered prior to  removal. We’re referring to the “onlookers” and “passer-by” that see something unusual, and want to stop and watch with their windows rolled down in order to obtain a better “glare free” image. These are the one’s who’s safety must also be considered. When these people come to watch, they are usually inside of 50 yards from the extraction point where the service is being rendered. This poses a huge risk to their health and safety, as disturbed European Honey Bees with travel 50 yards in order to sting a threat, and the Africanized Honey Bees will go as far as a half mile away to accomplish the same goal. These people usually do not know that it takes about 1300 stings from bees in order to kill the adult human, but that the hives are covered or occupied by 60 thousand bees … so mustering 1300 stings on a person is usually no problem for them. Less stings are required if the person is young, elderly or allergic to the honey bees. Most people are also unaware than the venom in a honey bee, is almost exactly the same as that found in a rattle snake, just on a smaller dosage.

Whenever possible, the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company will post a secondary “safety observer” in order to keep these public on-lookers at bay, and to advise them of the inherent dangers. However, when this cannot be accomplished, expect for the handler, who is usually out of breath from the work, to be short and direct in their orders to the public about staying clear, away and to roll up their windows. This “single” service person in most cases is not trying to insult anyone, but more times than not, due to the lack of breath, and their strenuous repetitive motion required when removing structure and hives, they tend to “come across” as rude and disrespectful, which is NOT the service persons goal. Their one goal is to keep everyone safe, so please excuse them if they seem rude or disrespectful.

The removal itself does not make the location, or “site” safe until a couple days have passed. After a removal, comes the disinfectant,  decontamination, sealing and closure of the affected location. Left behind will be a portion of the honey bees in an angry and confused swarm, looking to readily attack anyone or anything that approaches. The landowner should stay well away, and keep everyone else away, from the location for a least a couple days after the removal service has been rendered. This will reduce the risk of attacks and stings. To assist in the safety factor for the public, when the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company has performed a bee removal, we leave behind an empty hive for the two weeks following the service, in order to assist in the capture of the remaining honey bees left in the area. This hive should also be kept away from, and the landowner should be both aware of its location, and restrict activities and public approach to the hive for safety reasons.

So, if you have a honey bee swarm or structural hive problem … give the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company a call in order to have it professionally resolved.

This morning, August 16, 2009 … the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company was called out to the 6200 block of South

Peoria to recover and exotic species, which just happened to be a 5 foot Boa Constrictor. It was first thought by the officer that this reptile was a rattle snake, of which several species are common to Oklahoma, but on a second look the positive identification was made.

This call, is just another of many that the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company has received in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. Some of the reasons the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company receives these calls are due to: improper containment, willful unlawful releases, and even a call or two where the exotic species was used in the commission of a bodily threat towards another human being or personal domestic pet.

There is not really any logical thinking on the part of many who wish to own an exotic species as a pet. The purchasing public fails to research the species of selection, adequately enough to understand that animals such as a boa constrictor will achieve a length of 13 feet on average, or that a reticulated python will go beyond 15 feet. The owners do not show the foresight in their purchase to know what they are going to do with such a large and dangerous exotic species when it reaches adulthood, and it’s strength and appetite increase accordingly. They do not seem to understand, or they simply disregard the fact, that the same 5 gallon aquarium which was purchased for containment when the reptile was only a foot long … will not hold it properly when the species has grown to 5 or more feet.

Following are some care techniques extracted from the “How To” website concerning the proper care and handling of Boa Constrictors. To view this information in its entirety, please click here to follow the link.

So now your exotic pet is out of control … what to do? Well … you DO NOT release it into nature. These that are released become an

invasive species, feeding on any other animal that they can over power such as: domestic pets, poultry and even small livestock. Call a rehabilitation group, or someone who adopts these large and dangerous exotic species and surrender them.

If the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company recovers one of your exotic species, you will be charged accordingly to recover the animal. You will also be charged with failure to contain and willful endangerment to the public if the species so warrants those charges. Bottom line … if you can’t keep and properly care for the animal forever … don’t get it.

Geese cause a wide range of problems. These problems range from the fecal deposits left behind, to the damage of growth and foliage on properties. These damages are evident both on land, and the water systems that have brought them into the properties in the first place. The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma offers a wide and very effective range of control methods including the removal and relocation of these geese in order to effectively limit the damages caused.

On July 1, 2009 …  some of the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company personnel participated in assisting the biologist of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in the round up, banning, sexing and release of residential Canadian geese that were found to be thriving on Lake Fort Cobb, located West Southwest of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Properly performed, even the “flight capable” geese stayed on the ground in the flock, as they were herding into holding pens.

No geese found on this lake were damaged or injured in any way. However, conservationist and people fishing on the lake, care enough about the environment not to throw trash and used fishing line into the lake and onto the ground for the geese to become injured with.

However, when the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company owner Reginald Murray, answered a telephone call on August 4, 2009, an injured Canadian goose was reported on the city lake in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The cause of the injury was detailed as fishing string  wrapped around the gooses leg. Upon responding to the lake, the the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company personnel found that there was indeed an injured goose on the lake, and that it was due to the lack of consideration that a previous person displayed when discarding there used fishing line onto the ground, or into the lake. It had become wrapped around the leg of the goose, as shown in the following picture.

A problem caused by human lack of consideration for wildlife and nature. This event resulted in the attempted rescue of a flight capable mature residential Canadian goose … that absolutely would not be caught. The Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company would like to thank the Sand Springs Fire Department, for providing a boat and personnel to assist in the literal “wild goose chase” that ensued in attempting to assist this injured bird. Unfortunately, after several hours of attempting this capture, the entire flock of residential Canadian geese, having been harassed enough, took to the air and departed the Sand Springs Lake environment.

As the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company owner, Reginald Murray, performed a bit more environmental inspection on the Sand Springs Lake. He found that the public has been using the artificial nesting boxes as trash cans, broken glass on the waters edge, and broken fishing equipment stuck into the muddy banks of the lake.

Reginald Murray stated that: “Wildlife has a definite place in the lives of humans, both as a viable and self replenishing food source, and as a beauty and wonder to observe and behold.” Murray also stated that “most people would not live with trash thrown around in their own homes, so why would people think that wildlife would want our trash in their home?”

Bottom line … before you throw out your trash into nature … consider how you would feel if you had to live in it. And when you go to the lakes and parks for pleasure or relaxation … pick up a piece or two of trash whether you threw it out or not … and put it in the appropriate receptacle.

I have said all along, that if you are not in the Wildlife Control Industry in order to provide a much needed service to the public, and to the health of the public … then you are in the wrong business.

It recently came to our attention, that Oklahoma has a few companies that are in the wildlife control industry, because they like to be the “center of attention” if you will … and get their names and company names in the news. This is absolutely the wrong reason to be in this industry.

We here at the Oklahoma Wildlife Control® Limited Liability Company, are in this industry for several reasons. We are most concerned about safeguarding people: ourselves, our customers, and the public. There are health and safety risks posed by the presence of nuisance or predatory wildlife, and by the techniques, means and methods used to control or exclude wildlife. We are least concerned with obtaining credit or recognition in the public eye by performing or rendering services just as a “publicity stunt”.

The absolute worst thing that can come from these “recognition seekers” is the injury or even death to the public “on-lookers”. In this industry, public safety is absolutely first and foremost in our minds, with our own safety a very close second. Then the “recognition seekers” come out and stipulate that wildlife poses no “real” human threat, and that the use of certain means and methods to control the growing wildlife populations in wrong, is ludicrous to say the least … and extremely misleading to the public in order to gain trust to expand business and profits at the expense of the public.

The biggest problem with these “recognition seekers”, is that the public believes in them because they were recognized in the media that they themselves take in as the absolute truth. In doing so, the public allows themselves to be swept up within a lot of falsehoods, in which these recognition seeking companies and individuals take advantage of in order to gain a larger profit margin on services that are rendered under false pretenses, or exclusion supplies, materials and equipment that is not necessary.

Recently, we won a client through a bid for removal and exclusion work which would total less than $3000. This bid we offered was $5000 – $6000 less than another company who made the attempt to sell a lot of equipment that was not necessary or needed … and without any removal services to be performed, which would inevitably allow the nuisance wildlife to regain entry into the structure at a later date, or move to a neighbors location and gain entry there. When all that is required is a few boards, a little paint, some nails and a piece of hardware cloth … why does a company like this try to sell the client on a completely new roof, to be replaced from the ground up?

Now this client is very pleased not only with the services we provided, but the money we saved them. Unfortunately for the other company, they have once again made an enemy of our new client. I am absolutely certain, after hearing our newly acquired client converse with a neighbor, that this company, and their actions, will NOT go unmentioned. They have most likely ruined themselves in the area, while managing to give our industry another black eye.

Published May 12, 2009 12:06 pm – May 12, 2009

Haven for wildlife
Clifford Short is working to build a rehab sanctuary where he can care for injured and young wild animals and return them to their natural habitat.

By TRAVINA COLEMAN
Press Staff Writer

Clifford Short tries to do whatever he can to keep his wife happy.

These days, that goal has been taking him on a journey to build a wildlife sanctuary in Cherokee County.

“I know we need more places for these wild animals to be rehabbed,” he said. “I talked to the lady at Elephant Rock, and she said she has more than she can handle.”

OK Wildlife Rehab is north of Tahlequah, just off Jones Road.

“We have a small place right now,” Short said. “We are hoping to eventually get more property.”

But he said a sanctuary doesn’t necessarily have to be a large one to be productive.

“It doesn’t have to be big,” he said. “It just has to be clean and efficient.

Right now, Short owns and cares for two horses, and is slowly constructing pens for animals that are being brought to him. He has been working on the sanctuary for about a year and a half.

“We had a fawn and a cute baby squirrel,” he said. “They have already gone on their own ways.

Anthony Clark, Cherokee County game warden, said sanctuaries are important and helpful, but are maintained under strict guidelines. The purpose is to provide injured or very young wild animals with food and medical care until they can return to the wild.

“We have to approve the license and inspect and the facility to make sure it’s a controlled environment,” Clark said. “It’s against the law for anyone to take an animal out of its habitat and keep it for a pet. If anyone without a license is caught with a baby deer or another wild animal, and it’s a $700 fine.”

Clark suggests anyone who comes across any baby animal to just leave it alone.

“It’s not a good thing,” he said. “People take deer and raise them, then they get in mating season and become violent.”

As for Short’s rehab sanctuary, he admits it isn’t much to look at for the moment. But though donations solicited on craigslist.com, he has found some needed supplies.

“This is a total non-profit thing,” he said.

“We are getting our state license for the rehabilitation and are planning to apply for a federal license so we can keep migratory birds and raptors, like eagles, hawks and owls.”

Clark, who has lived in Cherokee County all his life, cautions people against keeping wild animals. They should be left alone or, if circumstances warrant, taken to a rehab facility.

“If someone found an injured fawn and they were 100 percent sure its mother was dead, like if the mother is dead next to it, then call a game warden,” he said. “And we will deal with it. Otherwise, leave it alone. Baby deer are being born from May to June, and a lot of times people will find a fawn and believe it has been abandoned, when in fact the mother had hidden the fawn for its safety. Baby deer have no scent, so predators can’t even smell them. The mother deer will come and find it.”

Clark said of all the wild animals illegally kept in Cherokee County, deer are spotted the most.

“Baby deer are the biggie here,” he said. “But a lot of people have raccoons, squirrels, and baby opossums, too. But deer are bigger so we can spot them.”

Clark said people often try to raise the deer as a pet.

“It’s cute and friendly while it’s young,” he said. “A few years ago we ran into a neighborhood deer. All the neighbors would feed it cereal. Then the deer got older and matured. It ended up beating a little girl with its hooves. She lived, but it shows it’s not a friendly animal. It could have all been avoided if people would have left it alone.”

OK Wildlife Rehab’s license was approved Monday, Clark said.

“If they get a deer, we require it to be released by the end of August or early September,” Clark said. “This is so it can acclimate with other deer before deer season begins.”

Short is constantly working on the project. He has already dug a small pond on the property.

“I did that about a year and a half ago,” he said.

And it’s not really for the horses to drink from, although they can do so.

“I dug this for the aquatic animals that may need to be rescued, like beavers,” he said. “We love animals. We know there is a need for animals to have a place to heal. They get turned down from shelters and then they get put down.”

OK Wildlife Rehab is not a tourist destination, either.

“It serves no purpose for the rehab to have several humans interacting with them,” he said. “This is strictly for their health and re-introduction.”

Short still needs supplies to build the enclosures.

“I get a lot off craigslist,” he said. “I got a couple of dog houses, and some fencing. But I need fence posts and good dry bags of concrete; that would help.”

This project is strictly funded by Short’s family income and the donations of community members.

“This the second wildlife rehab in Cherokee County,” he said.

“Our only purpose is to help animals that are wounded or weak, that could not make it in their natural habitat, so we can get them ready to go back.”

Get involved

Visit www.okwildliferehab.org or www.okwildliferehab.com for pictures, videos, and list of needed items for the rehab sanctuary. Fencing posts, concrete, and just about related items are needed.

The Problem

Pigeons cause defacement and accelerated building deterioration, fouling and soiling, noise and nuisance, poor public appearance & image, health hazards, transmission of disease, contamination of water / food supplies, public / employee safety and equipment damage. Cost of bird strikes and delays / cancellations to the commercial and military aviation industry is estimated to be $1.0 billion to $1.5 billion dollars a year. Monetary losses and damages caused by pigeon and bird feces to businesses, transportation entities, utilities and the general public goes largely unreported costing consumers untold multi-millions of dollars each year.

Do pigeons pose a health risk? YES. Aside from the parasites & mites, they will provide you with …

Histoplasmosis

Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by a fungus, which grows in pigeon droppings. It also grows in soils and is found throughout the world. When cleaning droppings a person may breathe in some of the fungus, which in cases of high exposure can cause infection. Common activities, such as cleaning off windowsills, will not result in high exposures.

Symptoms of histoplasmosis begin to appear about 10 days after initial infection and include fatigue, fever, and chest pains. Most people, however, do not show any symptoms. Those with compromised immune systems such as cancer patients or people living with HIV/AIDS are generally more at risk of developing histoplasmosis. The disease cannot be transmitted from person to person.

Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcosis is another fungal disease associated with pigeon droppings and also grows in soils throughout the world. It is very unlikely that healthy people will become infected even at high levels of exposure. A major risk factor for infection is a compromised immune system. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly 85 percent of cryptococcosis patients are HIV-positive.

These previous pictures were taken during an exclusion estimate. These pictures are of the previous exclusion work performed by another company that had no effect on the pigeons. A lot of the placements were wrong, and spikes were defeated by human intervention.

Our solution for deterrents, and they work …