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>> Dave Shumaker, and I do animal control,
which is nuisance wildlife removal.

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>> OK. Yeah.

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>> People in my field have been bitten by
raccoons and had to get the rabies shots.

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Dog bites is pretty bad.

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But the worst is probably a cat bite.

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The cat's teeth are designed in the way that
once they puncture you, they rip you wide open.

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And then you have the infection that sets in.

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A typical day starts about 5:30.

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The phone starts ringing
for squirrels in the attic,

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raccoons in the yard, or snakes in the basement.

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Weather doesn't really affect
anything except snakes.

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What we have is the squirrels
coming up around the gutter line,

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chewing into the attic, chewing
up the insulation.

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Then you have the raccoons
tearing up the trash cans,

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scattering the trash all throughout the yard.

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I've seen and dealt with just about every
animal in Maryland except black bears, so far.

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But raccoons and squirrels are Number 1.

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In the summertime it's the groundhog and snakes.

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Then you have the voles and the
moles that tear up the yard.

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Bats are a very large problem
in Maryland for some people

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because they don't realize
how beneficial the bat is.

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The bats eat insects.

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They pollinate fruits and vegetables.

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But people have a fear factor for bats.

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>> Yeah.

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>> And they are highly protected by DNR, so you
have to be very careful in dealing with bats,

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where you do not harm them or harass them.

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You can evict them from the property,
but you can't kill them or hurt them.

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>> Excellent.

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>> That's about all the -
rats and mice, of course.

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>> Yeah.

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