MILFORD
Pennsylvania
Wildlife
Living in Milford Borough offers you many opportunities to connect with nature, but it also requires using proactive habits to prevent conflicts. Peaceful coexistence exists when you secure your home, remove attractants, and maintain a respectful distance from animals.
Nocturnal Animals
Seeing wildlife during the day, such as foxes, raccoons, and opossums, can be normal.
Though foxes, raccoons, and opossums are considered nocturnal, seeing them during the day does not mean the animal is ill. Nocturnal animals are known to move about during the day to eat, drink, and relocate. This is especially true during “baby season,” when parents are working hard to meet the caloric needs for themselves and their young. Springtime sightings typically suggest babies, not rabies.
When you see these mostly nocturnal animals out during the day, observe and enjoy them from a distance! Never try to corner an animal.
Deer
Deer are commonly seen throughout the borough. You should not feed the deer. Feeding deer can cause unnatural congregation, increase the spread of chronic wasting disease, and turn deer into pests. If you find a baby deer alone, leave it be. Never touch fawns: The mother is usually nearby, looking for food, and will return once you leave the area
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Bears
Bears have been known to cut through the borough. Bird feeders and unsecured pet food, garbage, and grills can attract bears. To discourage bears from stopping at your property, make trash cans inaccessible, enclose your compost pile, keep your barbecue grill clean, and rethink your bird feeders.
​Best Practices
It’s important to remember that wild animals carry diseases that can be passed on to pets and humans. Keep your pet’s vaccinations up to date and avoid handling wild animals (even injured and orphaned ones) without the proper protection.
Want more information about area wildlife? Check out the following resources.
The goal of the Human World for Animals (previously known as the Humane Society) website is to help you find humane solutions to wildlife problems and to live in harmony with wild neighbors.
This website is supported by the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Cooperative, and the Wildlife Management Institute to provide sound, legal, and responsible wildlife control and damage prevention advice.
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