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(More information on handling beaver conflicts) For some helpful tips on safely removing a bat from your home, visit the little brown bat webpage Some bat species are protected and require experts to identify them. Please contact a DEC Wildlife Office or a NWCO when dealing with bats. See Definition of " Nuisance" and " Damaging" Animal For a Federal Permit - Contact the US Fish Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Program (leaves DEC website) at 41 or by email: Commonly Causing Conflicts (in alphabetical order).DEC may deny a permit if the nuisance, destruction of property, or threat to public health and welfare will not be effectively abated by taking the animal. For a DEC Permit - Contact a regional DEC Wildlife Office.Use the Tables Below to Identify if You Need a Permit This task must be handled by a licensed professional. Relocating an animal can create problems for neighbors, can move diseases like rabies or Lyme, and can cause unnecessary stress to the animal. If you need a wild animal removed from your property, contact a Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator (NWCO). You cannot live trap an animal and release it in a park, on State land or anywhere other than on the property where it was captured. It is illegal for you to move or relocate an animal off your property. Game animals may be taken during their specified hunting or trapping seasons with the appropriate recreational sporting license. Taking During Recreational Sporting Seasons Taking an animal is only suggested if other best practices do not help alleviate the problem. "Take" or "taking" means to pursue, shoot, hunt, kill, capture, trap, snare or net wildlife and game or perform acts that disturb or worry wildlife. This page is intended to help you identify whether a permit is required to legally " take" an animal that is causing a nuisance, damaging your property or threatening your safety. Portions of this page may require JavaScript to be enabled for your browser. Remove or "Take" Nuisance Animals Legally
