Is it legal for me to trap a Florida bat?

It is quite legal in many countries of the world, but not in the USA or Florida, to trap a Florida bat. You may be tempted to do so, especially when such a bat constitute nuisance to the home or environment, however, it may not be legal to trap bats outside of one’s home or for commercial purposes.This can harm the bats. You want to do a HUMANE BAT EXCLUSION that lets all the bats out of your house. Then you seal the entry holes, and voila, the problem is solved forever.



In the United States for instance, all the 50 states allow individuals to hunt Bradenton bats with digs and cats, however, it is illegal to hunt bats for sports, in most states. Only few countries of the world don’t have the problems of bat infestations, and the method of killing of Florida bats varies from one country to the other. While dogs and cats are allowed for hunting bats in most parts of North America and Europe, some Asian and African cultures forbids anyone to kill bats with the use of Bradenton animals such as dogs and cats, especially when bats are worshiped or considered as sacred.

Since January 2012, some districts in the United States of America, including the District of Columbia in Washington DC only allow bats to be killed in private residents; however, Bradenton exterminators are only allowed to hunt wild bats, and then release them alive. The district of Columbia in Washington has banned snap and glue traps from homes and in the wild , and requires residents to employ the services of Florida animal rehabilitators to help in catching bats and releasing them into the wild. Though the use of dogs and cats for hunting Florida bats, for sporting events was allowed before until several public outcry lead to the ban of such events and eventual arrest of some people in states such as New York.

Since the year 2012, most states in the USA permit the use of all sorts of bat poisons to deal with an colonies of bats, however, such poisons must be packaged in such a way that they are inaccessible to children and pets. The use of common Florida bat control measures such as poisons may become a liability unless it is properly controlled, this law means anyone who indiscriminately use bat poisons, repellents and other bat control measures that are detriment to the health of people and animals around them are liable to face the court of Florida law.

In the European Union, the use of bat control chemicals or poison is strictly banned but it is legal for only competent and experience exterminators to use such chemicals. In some parts of Canada , it is illegal to trap mice , since they often find their ways back into homes , even if they are released some 2kilometers away from their nests.

It is important to check from local health monitors to see if it is illegal to trap Bradenton bats in your locality in order to avoid any form of fines.

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