“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
This newsletter has historical been catered to educate you on the wildlife found in our service area. However, in this issue we are going to change the educational material to a topic that is extremely relevant due to the damage created by Hurrican Irene and the colder months approaching. Wildlife Busters is going to assist you, by providing detailed information on how to inspect your home or commercial property for egress points that wildlife may use to access your property. These are points that may have been created by the flooding, high winds and flying or floating debris from Hurricane Irene. Or perhaps it’s an egress point created by an aggressive animal, just looking for a nice warm safe place to spend the colder fall and winter months. Either way, when you are done reading this newsletter you will be well equipped to protect your residential or commercial property.
Wildlife Busters prides itself on preventative maintenance. By conducting quarterly or semi-annual site inspections you can alleviate the risk that wildlife will enter your residence or commercial property. Think of it like your quarterly pest control bill, except our services are typically completed in one or two treatments.
Wildlife has the purest intentions. They simply desire food, shelter and to pro-create. Hence they are relentless in achieving all of them.
When inspecting your home keep that in mind…Ask yourself, do you encourage wildlife onto your property? Is your garbage accessible? Do you have bird feeders? If you have livestock or horses, where do you contain their food? You should review your external habitat and make adjustments where you believe a wildlife attractant, like discussed above, may be present.
As you conduct your site inspection, please note some animals can enter your home through a hole the size of a dime, i.e. bats; others a quarter i.e. snakes, mice, rats, chipmunks and then there are other animals that might see a hole the size of a dime and capitalize on the opportunity to easily rip it wide open and enter in i.e. raccoon, squirrel. All of these animals carry their own respective health and liability issues. Either way a simple site inspection compounded by wildlife exclusion techniques will cure the potential problem.
Now let’s review your structure, first start by reviewing the exterior of your residence paying particular attention to the following areas:
- Vents; ridge vent, roof vents, soffit vent, weep vent, dryer vents
- Chimney and surrounding structure
- Gutter line
- Soffit line
- Dormer area
- Dormer eaves
- Window Wells
- Under decking
- Down spout
- Front stoop area
- Where electrical wires or piping enters you home.
In addition, inspect the interior focusing on the following areas, attic, basement and any crawl space area in your home. Once you have identified the area (s) you will need to seal them or apply wildlife exclusion techniques.
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Give Wildlife Busters a call toll free at 1-855-945-1212 and we will send one of our highly trained wildlife technicians who have years of experience and knowledge in identifying potential problem areas. All of our work comes with a 1 to 5 year warranty plan depending upon the service or technique applied and the condition of your property. As a service to our community, please present this newsletter and receive a 10% discount on all of our wildlife exclusion services provided through Sept. 30, 2011.
We appreciate any assistance
Our business is based in Ulster County, NY. As many in our service area, Ulster County was devastated by the storm. If you are able, please visit Family of Woodstock for information about sending donations, whether they be food, clothing, household items or monetary-
To learn more about a variety of critters visit our wildlife resources page.
Specific diseases transmitted by wildlife can also be researched from our webiste.
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Community Wildlife Programs and Upcoming Events
Mohonk Preserve Saturday September 10th, “Hudson River Valley Ramble: The Historic Preserve Landscape & It’s People” 10 am – 12 pm. Friday September 16th, “Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Bus Trip” 7 pm to 8 pm. Sunday September 18th, “Rock Rift Family Hike” 10 am to 12 noon. Friday, September 23rd “Birds & Beans: Simple Ways to Save Migratory Birds” 7 pm- 8 pm. Sunday September 25th, “Annual Pfalz Point Trail Challenge Ten Mile Fundraising Run” check in begins at 8 am, race start 9 am. For more information please visit www.mohonkpreserve.org.
Museum of Hudson Highlands Sunday September 18, “Orienteering Meeting” 10 am. Saturday and Sunday September 24th and 25th, “Opening Cerlebration; The World of Bees” 12 pm to 4 pm. For more information please visit; www.museumhudsonhighlands.org.
Weinberg Nature Center Sunday September 25th, “Meet the Staff Residents” 11 am to 12 pm and 2pm to 3 pm. For more information please visit; www.weinbergnaturecenter.org
Beczak Environmental Education Center Saturday and Sunday September 17th and 18th, “Turtle Time” 11 am 12 noon. Saturday and Sunday September 10th and 11th from 1 to 4 and Saturday and Sunday September 24th and 25th from 12 pm to 2 pm”Hudson River Family Seining”. For more information please visit; www.beczak.org
And for some Wildlife fun all year round visit:
www.palisadesparksconservancy.org The Bear Mountain Zoo located in the Bear Mountain State Park, NY
“Be comfortable on a ladder or don’t get on one. The majority of exclusion work requires being comfortable on ladders and working in high places that are small spaces. If you are uncomfortable chances are greater for injury.”
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