Wild Neighbors
What's in Season: Take the Backyard Challenge		Resolve Conflicts with Wildlife
Solve Problems with Deer		Found an Orphaned or Injured Animal?

As urban development encroaches on previously untamed areas, more human-wildlife conflicts result. People are frequently confronted with many wildlife species, including deer, raccoons, woodchucks, squirrels, beavers and a variety of birds.

These animals have largely managed to adapt well to our presence. Humans, on the other hand, are still mastering this living arrangement. Many people understand the need for effective, lasting, and humane solutions to occasional conflicts with wildlife—mostly because these people enjoy wildlife and want wild animals as neighbors—but many people also employ inappropriate and environmentally irresponsible "solutions" to human-wildlife conflicts.

To counter this problem, The HSUS administers Wild Neighbors™, our Urban Wildlife Program. The program promotes nonlethal means for resolving conflicts between wildlife and humans—making this the rule, not the exception—and cultivates an understanding and appreciation for those wildlife species commonly found in cities and towns. The HSUS works with individuals and communities nationwide to promote nonlethal strategies.

Wild Neighbors™ also celebrates the positive side of urban wildlife through our Urban Wildlife Sanctuary Program (UWSP). This program gives individuals and communities an opportunity to assess and improve their property's usefulness as wildlife habitat, providing them with educational materials on habitat creation and restoration, including the award-winning newsletter, Wild Neighbors News.