He deals with the sneaky raccoons that people hear in the attacks or walls, the smelly skunks that decide to camp out in basements and the beavers that topple trees onto front porches. Bud comes from a very large family, most of which still live in the area. A majority of the people he traps for he does simply as a favor. The price for removing pest animals depends on location, type of animal and number of animals. Bud gets calls from people who truly believe they have a creature living in their house, which most of the time they really do.
Bud remembers a rare call that came from an older woman who was living alone after her husband had passed away. No matter what time of day or what room she was in, everywhere this lady went she heard a mysterious chirp, he said. He checked the house and left traps but after many days found no signs of any animals.
Bud got a ladder and placed it underneath the fire alarm and asked if she had any new batteries. Not all calls end with such luck.
When it comes to skunks, if you see one there more than likely are a dozen more, said Bud. He often gets calls from people who claim to have seen one skunk but after further investigation will find at least Once on a skunk call in New Castle Bud ended up finding a total of 27 skunks living in one house. Dealing with skunks on an almost daily basis, one is bound to eventually get sprayed.
Despite being sprayed more times than he can count, Bud seems to have a way with the skunks. Speaking gently to a distressed skunk in a soft voice can help ensure you don't get sprayed, Marshall said. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses.
Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. Comments are welcome while open. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. The Daily Progress - News Story. An Oklahoma woman was awakened in the pre-dawn hours by her dogs to discover a bear in a tree just outside her home.
Within hours a team of experts including Ned Bruha had been assembled to help. Bats in an Alva parking garage recently stirred up quite the controversy among wildlife officials and bat conservationists. A bank parking garage in the town had become home to over bats, including juveniles. The bank wanted to tear down the building, however, there was a lot of controversy over when and how to do it. Explore Tulsa. Great footage showing Bruha in action as seen on Explore Tulsa.
He also does a great job of explaining why his humane methods are superior to the more traditional trap and relocate option. The prestigious Tulsa People Magazine featured Ned Bruha in their special edition "Living Green" issue, in an interesting article on prevention, Live and Let Live , authored by Ned Bruha himself, covering Oklahoma's troublesome critters and how to prevent them the humane way. The Journal Record. A nice article about Ned Bruha including why Ned chose a career as a wildlife control professional, where the name came from and his upcoming Animal Planet series.
The Tulsa World. An article published by the The Tulsa World in October about rabies in bats being on the rise in the area. In the article, Wildlife Whisperer Ned Bruha offers his input and expertise on the subject. Please note, that Bruha is misquoted as saying that "Bats can get through holes that are a quarter of an inch wide", but rather, the quote should have stated that bats require a hole that is one quarter by one half inch wide.
Got owls? This hotel did prior to The Skunk Whisperers gratis arrival. This was a fun, atypical, humane great horned owl removal from the downtown Tulsa historic Mayo Hotel. KOTV was there to film the event, but filming was restricted to outdoors for safety reasons.
The Claremore Daily Progress Newspaper. Ned Bruha was called upon for his professional experience when bats invaded the planning commission building at South Missouri in Claremore, Oklahoma. In the story, he explains the particulars of bat control and the exclusion process. The story also featured his opinion on the dangers of bat guano. If the media comes to your home because of the extent of your wildlife problem, it has to be bad.
Most folks have an easy, inexpensive solution to their wildlife problems. However, this family had conflicts with both squirrels and woodpeckers. The squirrels were chewing on the electrical wires, and dying in the walls. The woodpeckers had decided to live rent-free in their stucco walls too. Because there was more than one active drey in this large home, and because of the floor plan, some trapping was required to avoid territorial killing at their common entry point.
There was only one entry exit point for the multiple squirrel families. Ned Bruha was asked to help when over bats were discovered in a northwestern Oklahoma school.
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