Wildlife Services Program
The Wildlife Services Program manages wildlife-related health and safety threats, property, and natural resource damage. The Wildlife Services Program is a USDA/APHIS, State and County partnership that:
- Provides the residents of California with an official source of professional assistance to resolve human/wildlife conflicts.
- Collects comprehensive statistics on wildlife damage to agriculture, human health and safety, property and natural resource for protection.
- Acts as a first line of public defense by monitoring and preventing the spread of diseases in wildlife which may pose threats to humans, as well as to wild and domestic animals.
- Evacuates and monitor animals of significant risk and provides techinical assistance to protect human food from disease contamination.
- Provides expertise to minimize the risk of levee breaks or the compromise of other infrastructure (roads, bridges) cavered by burrowing animals.
- If you are experiencing wildlife damage to your property or any other human/wildlife conflict, report the incident immediately to your County Agricultural Commissioner or to USDA/WS. Encourage others to report damage.
Contact and other Information:
County Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers
Web site: http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/exec/county/county_contacts.html
USDA Wildlife Services, California
Web site: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/ca
USDA/APHIS Wildlife Damage Management
Web site: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage
Contact us for more information:
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Animal Health and Food Safety Services, Animal Health Branch
1220 N Street, Room A-107
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: (916) 654-1447
Fax: (916) 653-2215
or send an email to: ahbfeedback@cdfa.ca.gov