Wildlife Control Consultant

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses the principles published in Susan Scott's 2017 best seller Fierce Conversations: Achieving success at work and in life one conversation at a time. How to confront and address problems with other people honestly courageously and humbly.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, reviews Richard M. Huberty's book: Modern Mole Trapping: Addressing the Destructive Nature of Moles. This educational and how to book was self published in 2023. Stephen explains whether it is suitable for homeowners or professional wildlife control operators.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses Dr. Patricia Freeman and Dr. Lemen's article on gloves for handling bats. The authors discussed which glove material provided the best balance of dexterity and protection from bite. Note that glove choices did depend on bat size.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses business marketing for vertebrate pest specialists and pest management professionals. Animal Control Marketing.com reviews their philosophy and services used to help companies gain qualified clients.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, interviews business marketing expert Tate Morgan, President of Animal Control Marketing.com. Tate discusses the five pillars of wildlife control marketing to help businesses gain good clients.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, interviews Jeff Jacob, Corporate Partnership Director of Automatictrap.com to discuss their new trap, the Goodnature A18 gray squirrel, fox squirrel repeating trap. This trap meets the rigid humane standards of New Zealand to provide an instant kill of squirrels.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of living the wild life podcast, discusses the fundamentals of the control of turkey vultures and black vultures. Stephen discusses legalities, damage, frightening, and habitat modification.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses an exclusion device designed to prevent squirrels, rats, from climbing wires, even electrical wires, and poles. Line guard and pole guard should only be installed on electrified elements by qualified professionals.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses the parts, action, and role of the Goodnature A-18 tree squirrel trap which repeats. This repeating kill trap strikes the squirrel with a captive bolt, which then resets itself for the next squirrel. The trap provides a pesticide free way to control squirrels. Be sure to follow all state and government rules because the device is not legal everywhere. Do use carefully as the device can injure non-target animals.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host o f Living the Wild Life, discusses the importance of scale (i.e. size) is in photographs, particularly when the photographs need to help viewers understand just how large or small a particular object is. The scale card easily fits in your wallet and has inches and centimeter measurements.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life podcast, reviews his publication "A Draft Proposal for an Industry Protocol for the Cleanup of Raccoon Latrines" (2012) available at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268407871_A_Draft_Proposal_for_an_Industry_Protocol_for_the_Cleanup_of_Raccoon_Latrines and explains the reason for the proposal, key elements within the document and how wildlife control operators, pest control professionals and contractors can use the information.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses the issues surrounding peanut allergies, the risk it poses to human health and safety, and whether wildlife control operators or pest control operators should be using peanut-based baits and lures in their work.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life podcast, interviews Cody Barbour, Chief Operating Officer of Baton. Baton is a referral service that pays businesses for referrals. Mr. Barbour discusses how to get set up and what is required.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, interviews wildlife control operator pioneer, Phil Nichols. Phil has just written a book called Wildlife Warriors which explains what wildlife control is to teenagers to encourage them to consider a career in vertebrate pest control.

Stephen M. Vantassel, Host of Living the Wild Life, discusses rodent research being done by Dr. Niamh Quinn of the University of California, Cooperative Extension. In her location in southern California, Dr. Quinn is uniquely placed to explore the interactions between the environment, people and rats and their control.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses rodent control research being done by Dr. Niamh Quinn, Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor of the University of California.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses control of rodents and the rodent societies, with Dr. Niamh Quinn of the University of California, Cooperative Extension.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, interviews Dr. Niamh Quinn of the University of California, Cooperative Extension. Dr. Quinn discusses her research on roof rats (Rattus rattus).

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life podcast, explains how Bergmann's Rule can cause problems in writing and answering objective tests used in certification and license exams in the wildlife control and pest control industries.

How long does the rabies virus stay viable (infectious) in decomposing carcasses is discussed by Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, as part of the Pest Geek Podcast family.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life podcast, interviews Christian Allan owner of Tailor Made Pest Control based in Louisville, KY. This is part 2 of his interview. Christian discusses how he started his business and how he transitioned to added vertebrate pest control.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life podcast, interviews Christian Allan the owner of Tailor Made Pest Control in Louisville, KY. We discuss his history with pest management and how he added vertebrate pest control to his company's services. This vidieo is part 1 of the interview.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, speaks with Melissa Schreiner, entomologist with Colorado State University Extension, Tri-River Area, about kissing bugs, wood rats, Chagas disease and how wildlife control operators and pest control professionals and homeowners can protect themselves from this potentially dangerous bug.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses the major elements and rationale behind the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to change the regulations governing anticoagulant rodenticides both first generation and second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.

Stephen M. Vantassel, host of Living the Wild Life, discusses the major elements and rationale behind the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to change the regulations governing anticoagulant rodenticides both first generation and second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.