Welcome to Adcock's Rid-A-Critter

Providing Earth-Friendly Animal and Pest Control in Atlanta, Athens, Macon, Roswell,
Columbus, and all of North-Central Georgia

Rid-A-Critter is a locally-owned, Atlanta-based animal control and wildlife management company that was established in 2001 with an enlightened approach to animal control. In less than a decade we have grown to become Northern Georgia's biggest and best urban wildlife management company. How? By providing the most professional, most scientific, and most environmentally sound solutions to humane animal control in Georgia. We also provide free, no-obligation inspections for many of our animal removal and wildlife exclusion services.

We can handle any animal control job, no matter how big or how small, including:

• Nuisance wildlife and animal control and relocation, including:
  
  
  • Bat control and removal
  • Beaver trapping and removal
  • Bird control and exclusion
  • Mole extermination and control
  • Opossum control
  • Raccoon trapping and removal
  • Snake control and removal
  • Gray squirrel trapping, control, and removal
  • Flying squirrel trapping, control, and removal
  • Rat, mouse, and general rodent control
  • Skunk, Muskrat, and Miscellaneous Animal Control
    
    
• General Pest Control (insects, spiders, mice, etc.; commercial and residential)
• Gutter Cleaning and LeafProof Gutter Protection System Installations
• Dead animal removal and odor control
• Animal damage Repairs and Wild Animal Exclusion
• Chimney Cap and Vent Cover Installation
• Tree Limb Trimming
• Attic Insulation Removal and Reapplication
• Animal Clearance Letters (for buying or selling homes)
• Custom-Installed Bat Houses (Bats are natural mosquito eaters)

Please contact us if the critter you need controlled isn't listed. We're a full-service animal control company and can handle any urban wildlife problem—even those that aren't encountered often enough to have their own pages, such as feral cat control.

The Need for Professional Wildlife Control in Georgia

Georgia is growing. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia's population is one of the fastest-growing in the country. But as the human population increases, so do conflicts between humans and wildlife.

Rapid development in communities like Atlanta, Athens, Macon, Roswell, Columbus, Marietta, Sandy Springs, and other Georgia cities displaces wild animals from their natural homes. More and more wild animals are being forced to live in and near human-occupied areas, creating an ever-growing need for humane animal removal.

The animals, of course, are just trying to survive. But as animals and humans are forced to live closer to each other, incidents of property damage and animal attacks upon humans, domestic animals and livestock increase — as does the risk of zoonotic diseases like rabies, mange and other parasitic diseases, and histoplasmosis. Now more than ever, we need humane, earth-friendly, professional urban wildlife control.

At Rid-A-Critter, we know that wildlife control and environmental stewardship can go hand in hand. We were providing "green" animal and pest control long before being green became a buzz word. Our crew of urban wildlife control professionals can trap, remove, or relocate almost any nuisance animal from your home, commercial office building, church, barn, or anywhere else on your property, in accordance with Georgia state law.

We provide environmentally-responsible animal control and pest control in Atlanta, Athens, Macon, Columbus, Roswell, Marietta, Sandy Springs, Peachtree City, and all of Northern and Central Georgia. (Please see our service area map.)

About Us

Rid-A-Critter is licensed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR Wildlife Resources Division) to provide animal control services, and by the Georgia Department of Agriculture to provide pest control services. We are fully insured to protect you and your property.

Our professional animal and pest control technicians are carefully screened and receive continuous, ongoing training. We serve both residential and commercial accounts.

Our repair check field supervisors perform unannounced Quality Assurance Inspections to assure that our high standards are being maintained, and our employees work with the finest equipment and materials available.

We will continue to pursue perfection in all we do, and your business will be greatly appreciated and rewarded with our total efforts. We know you have choices and sincerely hope you will choose us for your animal and pest control needs.

On behalf of our entire crew, thanks for choosing Rid-A-Critter.

An army of animal control technicians to solve any animal problem