Animal Control

Wildlife in Our Town 

For most wildlife, we recommend that homeowners contact a wildlife rescue service that will pick-up (for a fee), and release the animal. 

Skunks

You might have noticed an increase in the skunk population in our community. Please use the following tips to help discourage skunks from coming into your yard or property:

• Keep your yard clear of trash and keep your garbage cans locked, secured, or stored in the garage if you have that option. 
• Do not leave cat food outside and accessible. 
• Do not leave bird seed outside and accessible. 
• DO NOT water your lawn frequently. Watering the lawn makes all of the bugs and grubs that skunks eat more accessible to them, which will attract them to your yard. 
• If you are having issues with skunks in your yard or digging holes, try soaking a rag in "Pine-Sol" or ammonia, place the soaked rags into the holes the skunks have burrowed in your yard. Skunks do not like these smells and will likely move on from the area.

We will try to keep a list of of current Missing Animals, if we have recieved reports of these animals from the owner of the animals, who live in East Rochester. If you have spotted the animal in an area, please call us to give us any tips or whereabouts of the animals, or add an animal to the list here on the Towns website, please call Animal Control office: 585 - 381 - 4360