New Online Marketing For Wildlife Control and Animal Damage Professionals
By Robb Russell

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
Robb Russell
The Wildlife Pro
386-454-7474
robb@wildlifepro.net
http://www.findthewildlifepro.com

Fort White, Florida, 2 Feb 2009 — The Wildlife Pro Network has finally put its affordable internet marketing directory online for wildlife control, bat control, bird control and live bee removal specialists online. The venture is unlike any other directory venture before since it involves 15 separate domains each optimized for a local presence on various search engines including Google.com, Yahoo.com, Ask.com and MSN Live.com.

The marketing effort features the main domain http://findthewildlifepro.com itself connected to 14 other domains. One domain features a county by county nation wide presence on the domain http://allpestguy.com .
A second domain,to be launched later this week http://wildlifepro.info will feature personal pages at a city by city basis nationwide. An example personal page, http://syracuse.thewildlifepro.com.

A third domain http://wildlife-trappers.com is actually a blog powered by Google that features announcements of new NWCO’s utilizing the directory services and allows for quick search engine placement and links to the directories personal pages on http://wildlifepro.info, and the county by county directory on the soon to be launched http://allpestguy.com.

Press releases informing the public on services provided to subscribing members will be announced on http://thewildlifepro.com powered by Skinny Moose Media.

Specific Animal species information will be hosted on the soon to be fully launched domain will be found on a main domain http://animalremovals.com. Detailed individual species information will soon be found on the following domains:

http://batremovals.com *
http://birdremovals.com *
http://honeybeeremovals.com *
http://mole-gophercontrol.com *
http://raccoonremovals.com
http://ratremovals.com
http://skunkremovals.com
http://snakeremovals.com *
http://squirrelremovals.com

* These directories will offer separate, unique listings for business’s who want to subscribe and remain listed for these specialties as of April 2009.Those initial business who take advantage of our special introductory offers will be included as part of the promotion of the Directory Network for the remainder of the initial offering agreement.

The Wildlife Pro, Robb Russell started The Wildlife Pro Network in Sep 2007 and now has the largest subscribed online community connecting the nuisance wildlife control industry with Trappers, Hunters and Outdoorsmen. The online forum offers its members mentorships to those trying to get into the industry by weekly online talkshows, exchange of ideas online in the forum and the sharing of videos and photos on the forum. Those involved with the wildlife control industry or interested in learning about the industry are encouraged to join the online community at http://www.wildlifepro.net.

Those interested in advertising on the new directories can find out more information at http://findthewildlifepro.info. or contacting Robb Russell directly at 386-454-7474.

The Wildlife Pro

We provide mentorship and affordable internet marketing for the wildlife control professional.The Wildlife pro is headquartered in Fort White , Florida located by nearby Gainesville, Florida. The Wildlife Pro is committed to marketing the wildlife control professional utilizing ecologically safe, non-chemical,mechanical control methods as an alternative to the Pest Control Industries utilization of dangerous pesticides,poisons and chemicals for vertebrate animal and bird control throughout all of North America and the English speaking wildlife control professional worldwide on the internet. For additional information please visit our website at: http://www.wildlifepro.net.

Press Contact:

Robb Russell
The Wildlife Pro
386-454-7474
robb@wildlifepro.net

Disclaimer: Our listings of businesses are offered by our directories as a public service. The presence or lack of presence on this list implies neither an endorsement or criticism by the owner of these directories.The Wildlife Pro strongly recommends that property owners carefully investigate any wildlife control business before engaging its services. We have provided information to help you evaluate a business on our website.

NWCOA Annual Awards
by Robb Russell, The Wildlife Pro Network

This last Sunday in Indianapolis during the WCT Convention the following awards were announced . My congratulations to the winners.

The Educator of the Year:

Stephen VanTassel, Internet Center For Wildlife Damage Management

Webmaster of the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management http://icwdm.org

He is also a Certified Wildlife Control Professional and Wildlife Academy Certified Professional.

Innovator of The Year:

Alan Huot, Owner, Wildlife Control Supplies
Member, NWCOA,CTNWCOA, MADCA, IADCA, NYSWMA

http://www.wildlifecontrolsupplies.com

State Association of the Year:

Colorado http://www.cwcoa.org/

Professional of the Year:

Alan Merrifield, Urban Wildlife Management of California

Websites Urban Wildlife Management of California B9 Bird Control

More About Alan Merryfield

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David Beats Goliath-Landmark Decision In The Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals

Champion of Entrepreneur Rights

Resolving Bird Problems #3
by Robb Russell, The Wildlife Pro Network

This Sunday, 8 PM EST Brent Saxton, Owner of Southern Ohio Nuisance Wildlife Control LLC will be hosting for the third time, Resolving Bird Problems #3 a podcast that offers nuisance wildlife controllers an opportunity to conduct a conference call and discuss and share bird control issues.

Alan Merryfield

Alan Merryfield of B9birdcontrol.com will be on hand and tell us all about his bird control products and his own companies solutions to handling bird conflicts.

Alan is the Owner of Urban Wildlife Management, Inc. providing animal damage and pest bird control in the San Francisco Bay Area.

He is Founder/Past President of California Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators Association (CNWCOA).
Defender of WCO’s constitutional rights and economic liberty (see Merrifield v. Lockyer 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals);
Certified Wildlife Control Professional (NWCOA);
Inventor/Liscensor of the Birdblaster California Electronic Scarecrow System (www.b9birdcontrol.com)

The two previous sessions are available from the Wildlife Pro Network

Resolving Difficult Bird Jobs #1 –> go here

Resolving Difficult Bird Problems #2 go here –>

Date: 25 Jan 2009
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Location: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/16456
Telephone: 1-724-444-7444 Call ID # 16456

Brent and his partner David Messer co -own Southern Ohio Nuisance Wildlife Control LLC is state licensed and insured technicians, that come to your home or business and remove nuisance wildlife, birds, bats and rodents, and provide services to correct the establishment as to prevent the nuisance species return.

Serving OH,KY,WV in the tri state area. Major citys, Ashland KY, Huntington WV, Ironton OH, Portsmouth OH, Lawrence co, Gallia co, Sciota co, Jackson co, Pike Co.They Will travel anywhere for Birds or Bats. Standard service area is 100 miles from Sciota Co or Lawrence Co Ohio.

To learn more about the bird removal services they provide Read This

For more about his wildlife removal services call (740)894-5619

Tim Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation

Timothy Sandefur, of The Pacific Legal Foundation was not a co-plaintiff in the Merryfield v. Lockyer case. He was the lawyer that both tried it and won it. He carried the sword and led the fight for not only the rights of Wildlife Controllers but the rights of every American citizen.

The Pacific Legal Foundation is a non-profit legal foundation that provides free legal representation to folks like Alan Merrifield, of Urban Wildlife Control In California.

The Pacific Legal Foundation defends private property rights and economic freedom in courts, seeking to establish important legal precedent that all entrepreneurs and property owners can use to protect themselves against government intrusiveness.

I personally took a special interest in this case since it spelled out to the State of California that there business regulations requiring wildlife control professionals to possess a “Branch 2 Structural Pest Control Operators’ License” to use non-pesticide techniques on pigeons, rats, and mice was declared unconstitutional. (Yet No license was required for treating other vertebrate pests, like bats, raccoons, or skunks.) This unreasonable licensing rule was designed simply to protect established pest control companies against fair competition by Mr. Merrifield, the judges held, and ruled that was not a legitimate goal for the government to pursue. Remarkably Mr Merryfield could not install spikes on a building to control pigeons yet legally could use the same spikes to control seagulls.

For a related story –>

This case affects all business entrepreneurs not just those in Wildlife Control .This momentous victory in the Ninth District Court of Appeals will effect law for years to come across the United States.

In This interview I asked Tim Six Questions:

1- Can you tell me in in your own words what the Merryfield vs. Lockyer case means to me as a wildlife control professional?

2- What impact will this law play in the lives of all Americans?

3- I have shared with you current law on the books with the State of Florida. Similar laws exist in other states like Texas. How are we NWCO’s in these states affected today?

4- What are the chances the Supreme Court can over turn this ruling?

5- What other case law should those in our industry use to affect law directed at us in the future?

6-Do you feel NWCOA-National Wildlife Control Operators Association should of joined Mr Merryfield as a co-plaintiff in your case?

The first nine and one half minutes is included on the video below. For the full interview 24 minutes please visit www.wildlifepro.net or our Podscasting host http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=183587&cmd=apop

Find more videos like this on THE WILDLIFE PRO NETWORK

Alan Merrifield Standing Outside the Ninth US Circuit Court Of Appeals

I had a chance to interview Mr. Alan Merrifield and who gratefully shared his story with The Wildlife Pro Network. I highly encourage all in the wildlife control industry and anyone who is fighting for the opportunity to operate a business and facing an uphill battle and laws enacted in their own states to listen to what Alan has to say here in my interview. His case and his victory in the courts is a story for all Americans to learn even the little guy has a chance against all odds.

You can listen to the full interview by clicking the link below:

The Alan Merrifield Interview, Wildlife Control Professional Wins Big Victory In The US Ninth Circuit of Appeals, 6 Jan 2009

Alan Merrifield owns Urban Wildlife Management, a California based business that performs nonpesticide animal removal and exclusion.  He has 30 years of experience and holds several license certifications from the state and wildlife control trade groups.

Obtaining a license as required by California prior to this ruling all applicants had to pass a 200-question pesticide examination and have two years’ experience in handling pesticides–and yet Mr. Merrifield doesn’t even use pesticides.

“Consumers no longer will have to take what is offered to them by the pesticide industry by putting up Decon or other poison baits in structures.”

“We are recommending that Consumers find the opening, close them and trap the animals out  and if they happen to be locked in provide one way doors to allow the animals leave on their own”

“I have been fighting the use of pesticides in buildings for over 30 years. This is an issue near and dear to my heart.”

“The good news is that Wildlife controllers don’t have to take it anymore. There are more and more  legal precedents out there to help fight the system.We no longer have to go out and hide behind the trees anymore. We should be able to go out and pursue the occupation of our choice. We have a Constitutional right to do that and now be able to express those rights”

California law required that Merrifield also get a “Branch 2 Structural Pest Control Operators’ License” to use nonpesticide techniques on pigeons, rats, and mice.  (Yet No license was required for treating other vertebrate pests, like bats, raccoons, or skunks.)

This unreasonable licensing rule was designed simply to protect established pest control companies against fair competition by Mr. Merrifield, the judges held, and ruled that was not a legitimate goal for the government to pursue.  This important victory has now helped clear the way for entrepreneurs to pursue their constitutional right to earn a living.

For wildlife controllers and other business entrepreneurs they need to go to the web site of the Legal Foundation PacificLegal.Org and review his case. below you find a letter posted by Alan to The Wildlife Pro Network.

Fellow Wildlife Control Operators,

It is my distinct honor to inform you that the California CO Association has won another legal battle in defense of our constitutional right to earn an honest living without having to overcome undue government interference.

On January 6th, the Ninth United States Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the State’s petition for en banc hearing of our case. Had 14 judges approved the State’s request, we would have had to file another brief and make still another oral argument before an 11 judge panel. But that’s not going to happen now. Unless the State of California decides to file a Writ of Certiorari asking the United States Supreme Court to intervene, this case is over after a very long six year series of courtroom battles.

This legal victory represents the very first time since 1868 that an state occupational licensing law was overturned and found unconstitutional. It is only the second time in the entire history of the United States that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been used to smash a state-sponsored cartel. This was truly a David versus Goliath encounter where David kicked ass again.

The case of Merrifield v Lockyer is a landmark case establishing a number of legal precedents. important to entrepreneurs in general and Wildlife Control Operators in particular. I will be organizing my thoughts and will be speaking out on the meaning of this groundbreaking news in the near future. Until then, I encourage WCOs everywhere to become familiar with the legal principals established in this case and then explore the possibilities of using the decision to support unfair laws and regulations in your respective states.

Alan Merrifield
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