Living with Wildlife
Human pressures continue to fragment or eliminate wildlife habitat at an alarming rate, decimating many wild animal populations and leaving others vulnerable to dangers in our cities and towns. Though urbanization and suburbanization are not easily reversible processes, many animals have survived these changes and adapted to the cities that we now share with them.

Humans can make these places more hospitable to animals and avoid conflicts with them by using humane methods of control. The effects of employing these methods of control are not exclusive to a single species. For example, fencing a garden, or taking other measures to dissuade rabbits from eating vegetation, will reduce the presence of rabbits around your home, and by extension, dissuade predators such as coyotes from coming near your home in search of prey. People can best make their businesses, farms, and homes a safer place for animals by keeping all of the species in their area in mind as they work to solve conflicts with animals.

We discuss several animals that people come into contact and conflict with. Where possible, we list the most frequently used methods of wildlife management, both humane and inhumane, and talk about better ways of managing the animals we encounter.