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David R. Hoffman
Specialist: Bedbugs, Termites
Phone: 513-602-5424

David S. Hoffman
Specialist: Animal Control, Bedbugs
Phone: 513-602-0274

Merlin's Pest Control Shop
DIY Products Sold to General Public
Bedbugs, Ants, Rodents, Cockroaches
Phone: 513-432-8622

Nuisance Wildlife Control

Animals have been a part of our world long before we were even cavemen. They have long outlived us and will continue to long outlive us. Long ago, we destinguished ourselves from animals and claimed our domain. We left them alone and they left us alone.

Well, sometimes they DO venture onto our space. This is a problem. They broke that unwritten rule we made long ago, "You don't bother us, we don't bother you."

Merlin's Pest Control - Nuisance Wildlife Control has a policy that almost no other pest control company uses. It goes against the very name that we are given as exterminators.

We called it the "Mercy Policy".

To view the "Mercy Policy", click here!

What is the "Mercy Policy"?

The "Mercy Policy" is a set of rules drawn up by David S. Hoffman. It's also known as our "No-Kill Policy". It states that we will do everything in our power to relocate, rehibilitate, or otherwise save animals instead of killing them.

The focus of our control method is not on killing the animals, but how make your home a fortress to them. Scaring them away The focus in on exclusion, habitat modification, cultural methods, repellents, frightening devices, and trapping.

If animals do have to be destroyed we do so begrudgingly. Rodents, for example, have no real way of controlling them without killing them. Relocating them is almost impossible as they rarely survive the trip. The "Mercy Policy" is a great idea, but it is not perfect.

Why do we use the "Mercy Policy"?

David S. Hoffman wrote:

"I worked really hard on becoming licensed in animal control, but the whole time I studied I didn't know if I had it in me. I studied for many many hours. I researched diseases, fungi, terms, and everything I could read regarding animal control. That wasn't the hard part. I didn't know if I could "exterminate" them as I read I should. Sure, there was other methods, but they were usually too hard and not cost effective for animal control.

I was going over in my head how I could cope with it.

I recently found a baby raccoon sitting in the street where I used to live. Not dead, he was just sitting there. I walked up to him and tried to shoo him away. I clapped my hands, shouted, and stomped my feet. He was just sitting there, probably looking for something to eat and got tired and figured he'd just take a load off. I finally scared him off, and it dawned on me: No-Kill, remove from the area. Now he knows "Maybe I shouldn't sit in the street because a big guy will come up and stomp his feet like an idiot and scare me."

Too hard, not cost effective. You are talking about God's living creatures. Yeah, I kill bugs. But bugs have one thing in mind, "Stop at nothing, divide and conquer." Animals, at least what I believe, are just trying to survive and really don't want to mess with you.

I'm an animal lover. I have a kitty cat, I've had many cats, guinea pigs, hampsters, mice, hermit craps, dogs, fish, ferrets, the whole bunch. How could I do something like that when I've been around animals my whole life? And the truth is, I can't. So I won't. I'm the guy who's coming out to your house when you call about animals, and if you want them dead, call someone else. If you want them saved, then call me!