Gila monsters—living with
The Tucson Herpetological Society: http://tucsonherpsociety.org/brochure.html (accessed 11/10/2010)
If you see a Gila monster in your yard avoid it, it may just be passing through.
To have a Gila monster removed:
Pima County (Unincorporated parts) -- Call Rural/Metro Fire Department: Telephone: (520) 624-9913.
Tucson--There is no agency that removes Gila monsters for free. You have to call private companies that charge about $75 to remove the Gila monster. Options include: Desert Wildlife Services: Telephone: (520) 743-1411 and Animal Experts Trapping and Rescue Service: Telephone: (520) 531-1020.
To have a Gila monster removed:
Pima County (Unincorporated parts) -- Call Rural/Metro Fire Department: Telephone: (520) 624-9913.
Tucson--There is no agency that removes Gila monsters for free. You have to call private companies that charge about $75 to remove the Gila monster. Options include: Desert Wildlife Services: Telephone: (520) 743-1411 and Animal Experts Trapping and Rescue Service: Telephone: (520) 531-1020.
Source:
"Scary Critters belong here." Arizona Daily Star. April 18, 2004. Page 1.
"Scary Critters belong here." Arizona Daily Star. April 18, 2004. Page 1.
Very few people are bitten by Gila Monsters. Since the 1940s there has been no recorded death from a Gila Monster bite in Arizona.
Source:
" Anne: Be alert' buzzworm season about to start." Tucson Citizen. March 27, 2007. Page A5.
" Anne: Be alert' buzzworm season about to start." Tucson Citizen. March 27, 2007. Page A5.