Why not just leave the animal alone?  | Wild animals cause damage to our houses and businesses they: | | |  | Scratch and chew | | |  | Cause fire hazards with their bedding material and by chewing on electrical wires | | | 
| Bring in a host of parasites and diseases that are transmissible to pets and humans | | |  | Spread filth and pestilence with their urine and feces | | |  | Cause unsettling noise in a home | | | |  | Wild animals can also injure you they: | | |  | Bite | | |  | Claw & scratch | | |  | Carry ticks, fleas, mites and diseases (distemper, rabies, etc.) | | |  | Represent a potential hazard for pets, and curious children |
|