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From: shelia anderson
City:
troy, IL
I have a family of two adults and two kits under my shed. They kill all small animals in the area. How do I get them to move on now? They are doing damage to my new siding and dead animals every where. I don't want them hurt just to move on.

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
If they have kits they are taking care of, they aren't going to move unless you have them trapped. If they are damaging your shed, you may be able get a permit to trap them yourself from the IDNR wildlife biologist in your area: Ryan Swearingin (618) 462-1181 ext. 146 A better option is to have a nuisance wildlife control operator trap them for you. But if there is not a landowner willing to let the foxes be released onto their property, the foxes will be euthanized. If you can wait till later in the summer, the family will likely move out on their own. Then you can fill in the den site and fix the siding.

 
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