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Raccoon Drops in for Lunch
at "Wild" Restaurant
Several people were enjoying
lunch on the patio at a Montana's Restaurant in
Hamilton, Ontario and looked up to find a
raccoon staring down at them from the rafters.
We were called and immediately cleared the patio
to ensure there were no injuries and to minimize
damage. We retrieved the curious raccoon with
the lasso and let her go in a nearby grassed
area. When we walked through the front door and
noticed the "All Wildlife Welcome" sign hanging
on the wall, we got a bit of a chuckle.
Chipmunks Found in Attic
When called out to what was
thought to be a red squirrel problem in a
homeowners attic, we saw a chipmunk run out of
the gable leading into the attic. Chipmunks
normally dig nests or burrows at ground level,
where they hibernate for the winter. Either this
guy liked high-rise living or the heavy snowfall
forced him to move to higher ground. He's also
usually asleep this time of year. In 20 years,
we've never seen chipmunk behaviour like this.
First Raccoon Babies of
2008 Take a Bath
Check out this
amazing news story
from March 27, 2008.
Hello, It's Your Snakes
Calling
Over the course of a year,
workers at an office in Parkhill, Ontario had
seen snakes slither through cracks in the
foundation and even arrived in the morning to
find them on their desks and floor. They called
Humane Wildlife Control when they realized they
had an infestation and the sound of scurrying in
the roof finally got to them. This was likely
the sound of the snakes capturing mice as the
shuffling was often followed by a quick rolling
sound. HWC found five snakes huddled in a phone
box in the wall, which they were drawn to for
warmth.
Dogs Alert Owner to
Slithering Intruders
A dog breeder was alerted to a
problem in her living room when the dogs began
barking incessantly. She stepped into the room
and saw a snake slithering out from under the
baseboard. This had happened 2-3 times over the
past year and the woman had considered it to be
an isolated incident. But when six more snakes
appeared in that same weekend, she called Humane
Wildlife Control to get them out. The technician
identified them as Eastern Milk Snakes, which
are a specially protected species under the
Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act.
School 1, Owl 0
A school called Humane Wildlife
Control to remove a great horned owl that was
caught in one of their soccer nets. The
technician donned thick protective gloves and
removed the owl carefully from the net. But
before it flew away, it decided to stick its
talons into the technician's leg. Thankfully,
both human and owl escaped unharmed.
Read full story.
Python In The Toilet
After waking up one morning, a
woman proceeded to the bathroom, lifted the
toilet lid and found a snake staring up at her.
After trying to flush it down to no avail, she
called the building superintendent, who in turn
called Humane Wildlife Control. When the
technician arrived, the snake was nowhere to be
found, so he held the handle down for about 20
seconds. With a spray of water hitting it in the
face, the snake swam into the toilet bowl. As a
snake owner himself, the technician recognized
it as a ball python, and it measured about 14
inches in length and 1.5 inches around. His
guess was that someone in the apartment building
had the snake for a pet and it had fallen into
the toilet and swam into the poor woman's
bathroom. No one reported the snake missing
(most apartment buildings prohibit reptiles) and
it was taken to a good home to live out the rest
of its 20 to 30 years.
Kitchen "Hoot"
A woman in the Niagara Region of
Ontario came home at the end of the day to find
an owl perched on the cupboards in her kitchen.
Having a phobia of birds, she immediately ran
out of the house and called Humane Wildlife
Control from a payphone. We were able to capture
the bird and delivered it to the local SPCA. The
screech owl has fallen down the chimney.
Indoor Tent
When we arrived at the home, the
mother and children were sleeping in a tent in
the middle of the living room in order to
protect themselves from the bat that had been
flying around their bedrooms and hallways.
No Monkey Business
A mother and two baby snow
monkeys escaped from a private zoo in St.
Catharines. Over the course of the following few
months, Humane Wildlife Control received calls
from concerned residents about monkeys running
across the road and swinging from trees - an
unlikely sight in Canada! We eventually received
a call from the Ontario Ministry of Health
asking that the monkeys be captured - one of the
juvenile males was becoming dominant and biting
local residents. When we arrived at a residence
where the retired couple had been feeding them,
the man came out with a hockey stick to fend off the
female who was trying to mate with him. This
gave us an idea as to how to catch them - out in
the open it was impossible. We used the man to
lure the mother monkey into the garage and
eventually trapped her. The babies came to
investigate and we managed to catch them as
well. All three monkeys were transported to a a
private zoo near Peterborough, Ontario to live
out their days.
Entangled Hair
A customer called asking for
help with three bats flying around their house. When we arrived, we
found the entire family (mother, father,
children and grandparents) on the front lawn
with plastic bags taped to their heads. They
didn’t want the bats flying in their hair.
Raccoon With Its Head In A
Jar
We were called out to house
where the homeowner was asking for help with a
raccoon. The city’s animal control department
was unable to help him. When we arrived, we saw
the raccoon high up in a tree with its head
stuck in a mayonnaise jar. We managed to climb
up to the raccoon and remove him from the tree.
We used a hammer to lightly break the jar off
his head, after which he immediately ran back to
the tree with his front paw on his head. No
joking!
Cottage Visitors
A man was opening his cottage
outside of Montreal in the Spring and found a
snake slithering across the living room floor.
He called us to remove the snake, and when we
arrived we found two dozen baby garter snakes
nested in the corner of the kitchen. We moved
them to a rocky area outside where they could
find shelter. The owner was very relieved to
have his uninvited guests removed!
The Invisible Bat
We were called in to remove a
bat from a hospital room. After four hours of
searching a room containing only a bed, chair,
night stand and light, we were not able to
locate the bat. This proves that bats can hide
in very small spaces, such as baseboards and
behind walls, and are often very difficult to
locate. Eventually, we found the bat, after
removing the baseboard.
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