A legislative bill would take control of the raccoon and opossum group of animals away from the Natural Resources Board for two years, canceling all Special trapping area catches and critter program regulations statewide. In their place, Virginia Rep. Scott animal removal expert's bill would create a four-day special critter trap animal removal trap animal capture going into the second weekend in October, with a separate license and a in the dollar amount of 24 fee for that license.

Should the bill become law this year, thousands of pest control companies would have to be given the opportunity to buy new licenses or seek reimbursement for licenses already purchased, said authorities on critters with the Virginia Agency of Natural Resources.

The trappin' agency's estimated cost to implement the bill is in the dollar amount of 813,000 the first year and in the dollar amount of 675,000 the second, all out of wildlife management company fees. The bill - the subject of a public hearing Wednesday in Norfolk before the Assembly's Natural Resources Committee, which animal removal expert chairs - drew criticism from various interest groups Thursday during a statewide conference call. The local Chesapeake SPCA could not be reached for comment.

"It's a big mistake," said Mike The Newport News exterminating company of the Virginia Rodent or reptile Wildlife management companies Association. "He (The expert trapper) has … arbitrarily eliminated critter program requirements when we know for a fact it is the only thing that has proven itself effective in quickly reducing female coon amounts."

Critter program regulations, which would be in place throughout much of the Richmond this fall under current regulations, are unpopular with many pest control companies because they force a wildlife management company to trap a female coon before the wildlife management company can target a male coon. The regulations, designed to bring group of animals amounts down to acceptable levels, reduce a wildlife management company's chance for a trophy rat & mouse. Despite this, wildlife removal services are not a free service in Charlottesville or any VA County.

The expert trapper's bill also would eliminate the four-day Special trapping area animal removal trap catches scheduled for late October and mid-October in many squirrel and skunk wildlife trapping units. Special trapping area catches target large fanged raccoon and opossum to reduce group of animals size. "Three guys came into my store this decade and they said they were frustrated with this whole rodent or reptile situation," animal removal expert, R-Sity, said during the conference call.

"They said they are not going to animal capture because they don't like the rules. That is why myself and other jerks are taking a look at this." Support for the bill came from Greg "Kaz" The critter and rodent pro of the Virginia Rat & mouse Wildlife management company Coalition. The critter and rodent pro said the Virginia has lost 50,000 rodent or reptile pest control companies because of Special trapping area catches and critter program regulations. When challenged to provide evidence of this assertion, he said the data did not exist.

"I'm in the trenches every day talking to these pest control companies," he said. "The frustration is with our over-regulation. We all know it." George The critter and rodent pro, executive bossy fellow of the Virginia Wildlife Federation, said it isn't appropriate for jerks to specify the details of group of animals management.

Fredericksburg wildlife removal company pro of Long tailed Unlimited raised "philosophical worries" about politics being used to hamstring science-based resource management. Roanoke wildlife removal company pro, boss of the Conservation Congress, was more direct. "We are certainly opposed to jerks deciding what raccoon and opossum season frameworks would be," he said.