Vantassel’s Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook available

The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook
The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook

The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook: A guide to identifying vertebrate damage to structures, landscapes, and livestock, 3rd ed., by Stephen M. Vantassel , is now available at the Nebraska Maps and More Store.

Written for property managers, inspectors, pest and wildlife control professionals, Vantassel has thoroughly revised and expanded this edition to provide more detailed information on wildlife and the damage it can cause. The book contains 180 letter-sized pages and more than 300 full-color photographs, along with drawings and black-and-white images.

The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook, 3rd edition, is divided into two parts.

Part 1 contains 12 chapters which detail the theory and practice of inspection and provide strategies to identify animal sign such as feces, bones, eye-shine, predation, and much more.

Part 2 covers 25 of the most common nuisance wildlife species in the continental U.S. Each module reviews signs and symptoms essential in identifying their presence, including behavior, diet, reproduction, and damage to structures and gardens.

The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook is available now for $80.00 in the Nebraska Maps and More Store, located at 33rd and Holdrege streets in the first floor lobby of Hardin Hall on UNL’s East Campus. The store is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and can be found online at http://nebraskamaps.unl.edu/. The book is also available on Amazon.com.

About the Author

Vantassel has authored several books, including the Wildlife Removal Handbook rev. edition and the National Wildlife Control Training Program (University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Cornell University, 2012). His numerous articles have appeared in Wildlife Control Technology, Trapper & Predator Caller, Pest Control Technology, and other industry publications. He has twice received the Educator of the Year award (2008, 2012) from the National Wildlife Control Operators Association because of his effort in training industry personnel in wildlife control. Vantassel is the coordinator of the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management, based at UNL’s School of Natural Resources. He lives in Lincoln, Neb., with his wife, Donna.

More details at: http://wildlifecontrolconsultant.com