Modesto Wildlife Services:
Contact - 209.846.2141

There are many Modesto pest control companies, but most deal with extermination of insects. We deal strictly with wild animals, such as raccoon, skunk, opossum, and more. Modesto Wildlife Services differs from the average Modesto exterminator business because we are licensed and insured experts, and deal only with animals. We are not merely trappers, but full-services nuisance wildlife control operators, offering advanced solutions.

Modesto, California is located in Stanislaus County, California. This is about an hour and a half from Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, the city had a total population approximately of 189,000. Modesto was originally founded as a stop along the railroad between Los Angeles and Sacramento. Modesto's official city slogan is "Water Wealth Contentment Health," which is written on a large arch downtown. The runner up slogan of "Nobody's got Modesto's goat" was just short of fame. Modesto's industries are mainly food processors and related industries. Gallo wine, Del Monte Foods, Foster Farms, Frito Lay, Blue Diamond Growers, Hershey and Con-Agra are nationally recognized food companies with large operations in the Modesto area. One major issue that people of Modesto face, is the worst air quality in the nation, on occasion surpassing even that of Los Angeles. Another issue is the abundance of pest wildlife, not only in Modesto, but also in surrounding cities. We also service the towns of Westley, Grayson and also animal control in Salida, Hickman, Turlock and pest control in Hughson, Riverbank, Oakdale and wild animal services in Empire, Ceres, Patterson and wildlife management in Keyes, Denair, Waterford.
 

We at Modesto Wildlife Services provide the best Modesto pest control business, and would be happy to serve your Modesto bat control or pigeon and bird control needs with a professional solution. Skunks, moles, and other animals that can damage your lawn - we trap them all. Our professional pest management of wildlife and animals can solve all of your Modesto critter capture and control needs. Give us a call at 209.846.2141 for a price quote and more information.

Outsourcing Modesto Pest Control jobs causes dispute

Whether inmate crews should do more weeding and pick up more litter in public areas — or quit altogether — is at the heart of a bitter outsourcing dispute at Modesto City Hall. Fourteen parks workers could keep their jobs, their union bosses say, if they had increased help from low-cost inmate laborers. The Stanislaus County Pest Control board could not be reached for comment.

City management contends that eliminating the parks maintenance division and hiring a private company would save taxpayers big money and perhaps bring tidier parks. And, no one would be at risk from honor farm workers, city officials say. Most local owners of pest control companies in Modesto, California weren’t sure what to make of all this.

"There is no logic in dismantling a high-performing, trained system if there is not substantial savings," said Jim Niskanen, the city's parks director and acting director of public works. He added, "$2.3 million (savings) over five years is substantial." But union leaders are crying foul, saying city management changed the rules long after bids were opened to help a favored company gain an unfair advantage. Modesto pest control is an important part of the local economy, but only a few California companies deal with wild animals.

They claim that parks supervisors ordered rank-and-file workers to do a poor job and were reprimanded for overperforming. That provided city management with a pretext for contracting out the work, union representatives say. The city relies on inmate labor to maintain John Thurman Field and some street medians and soundwalls. Honor farm officers and city parks managers repeatedly reassured union representatives that convict labor was fine and dandy, the union said. There are many types of insects and animals in Modesto, and other California cities, but not all of them are pests after all.

Wildlife - Birds, fawns, opossums and rats living on the wild side in Modesto

Mindy Johnson loves to care for wild animals in Modesto. "When I get a call from someone who has an injured or baby animal," she said, "I always meet them someplace else. There have been stories where people have tried to break into rehab centers in order to get what they consider to be their animals back." Although several species of wildlife roam Modesto, only a few, such as raccoons and squirrels, are considered pest wildlife.

Other times, she said, people will call and ask what they should feed found animals. "In those cases," she said, "I always try to get to the animals before the people kill them with kindness. Wild animals aren't pets." Remember to treat the wild animals of Modesto, California, with respect.