Press Releases

November 15, 2006
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Michelle Pintar
Phone: (414) 431-6104
E-mail: mpintar@wihumane.org

Keep Wild Critters Outdoors!

MILWAUKEE – As temperatures get cooler, wild animals begin looking for a warm place to live – including inside your home! The Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center suggests the following ways to keep wild critters from finding their way into your home:

·   Wild animals often use your chimney as an entry point into your place of residence. Animals can be kept out by installing a chimney cap, which is sold at Wally's Workbench at the Wisconsin Humane Society.

•  Replace rotting wooden soffits and fascia boards (the wood on the overhang, behind the gutters on your house). These damaged areas make it easy for wild animals to creep into your attic.

·   Cover attic vents with wire mesh to keep out wild animals such as squirrels and raccoons.

·   If you have problems with an animal nesting under your porch or deck, you may be able to get the animal to leave by placing rags soaked in ammonia under the deck. Once the animal has left, the perimeter of the deck or porch will have to be sealed with heavy-gauge wire mesh to make sure other animals don't move in.

·   Contact the Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at (414) 431-6137 to receive free advice about how to humanely deal with nuisance wildlife.

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Photo/Interview Opportunity: Scott Diehl, Wildlife Manager with the Wisconsin Humane Society is available for interviews on November 15-16 and can show the media winterizing tips around WHS' Animal House in the Wildlife Gallery. To schedule an appointment, call Michelle Pintar at
(414) 431-6104.