Western Mass Wildlife Removal, LLC

07/14/2026

Are you interested in working outside, in and around wildlife, and join a growing team? We service all of Hampden and Hampshire counties, and occasionally Franklin and Berkshire counties. Paid trainings, accrued sick and personal time, and earned vacations. If interested, please email [email protected] with your resume and include "exclusion technician" in the subject line.

07/13/2026

While most of the snake calls that come into us are for more common species, once in a while in the right location, we do receive calls for positively ID'd Timber Rattlesnakes. While we are licensed to deal with snakes on your property, the endangered status of Timber Rattlesnakes in our state does not allow us to deal with the situation ourselves. We still encourage you to reach out to us if you think you have one on your property so we can correctly ID(many calls come in where the snake is thought to be a rattlesnake, but is one of the more common species), assess the situation, and contact the correct individuals with the State to keep you and your family safe. For any of your snake needs, give us a call at 413-366-3793 or contact us through our website www.wmwildliferemoval.com

07/07/2026

An absolutely awful story to hear about recently. While we get many calls about bats inside homes, not everyone takes them seriously. We have exact protocol to follow based on state guidelines as to when a bat needs to be tested. If positive criteria is met, and the bat CANNOT be located to get sent for testing, you will need to make a visit to the ER to get your own rabies vaccination. It's no fun for anyone.

The number of bats that test positive for rabies in Massachusetts among those sent for testing is only about 3% (fluctuates between 3-5% annually, from mass.gov annual rabies surveillance reports). Although that is a fairly low number (less than 1 in 20), the OUTCOME(death) is non negotiable. A bat would need to have bitten/scratched you, as well as had rabies for you to contract it, but even with low odds, you're risking your life by not following protocol.

With all that being said, if you do get one inside your living space, 99% of the time it's due to them already having access into the structure regularly, typically in the attic but not always). It's extremely rare to have a one-off situation where one single bat came in through an open window, door, etc. Similar to mice, if you've got one, you've got others. Give us a call for a home inspection to help keep you safe.
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A new medical report details how an 11-year-old boy died of rabies after waking up with a bat on his face while sleeping. Here's more on his death.

05/18/2026

We're hiring! Come see us at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame today from 4-7!

05/13/2026

We get asked about these creepy or scream like noises heard in the night pretty often. It's a myth that the noise is coming from a fisher, as evidenced here. Red foxes have a "bark" noise that is what most people are referring to, as it sounds similar to a human scream. There are multiple videos of them on YouTube where you can watch the fox make the noise

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all the hard working moms out there! Relocating can be stressful but seen here this mother raccoon is taking one of her juveniles to a new location after using a scent technique to convince her that living inside this roof isn't safe. She took all 3 out herself shortly after as well!

04/17/2026

Everything we do between February and May has to include the possibility of young being present in the situation. In this case, a female squirrel had her pups in a nest built underneath solar panels on a client's roof. Squirrels naturally chew on a lot of things, and that includes the expensive wiring to those panels. So it's not an ideal situation.

We were able to remove the nest and three pups(appearing to be about 3 weeks old) and exclude the solar panels using guards to keep animals out in the future. As expected, the mother kept a close eye on us the whole time. When we were finished and things calmed down, we left the young in a box for her to retrieve and take to an alternate nest site now that she cannot get underneath the panels. She grabbed them one by one over the course of a few minutes.

Humane evictions and long-term solutions are our goal, and during the birthing months often takes a few extra steps, but this situation is a win-win for everybody.