Pets & Wildlife: Pests & Wildlife

To file a complaint about pests (including rodents and cockroaches) in these places:

• Rental properties (apartment buildings with 4 units or more)
• Hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts
• Mobile home parks (within unincorporated San Mateo County)
• Organized camps
• Employee housing
• Detention facilities

Call (650) 599-1112 or use the Online Complaint Form.

Wildlife in need

If you find a wild animal that may appear orphaned, injured or in distress, please call the Peninsula Humane Society at 650-340-7022 for guidance and assistance. If it’s safe to do so, you can also bring the animal directly to the Center for Compassion located at 1450 Rollins Road in Burlingame between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day.

If you find a wild animal in need of care after hours and it’s safe to transport, please bring the animal to After Hours Receiving at the Coyote Point shelter, located at 12 Airport Blvd in San Mateo.

Do not give any food, water or medicine – that often does more harm than good. Do not attempt to remove fishing line or something that may be caught or tangled around the animal. Click here for more information.

To report or dispose of dead animals

• You can to place small, dead animals (i.e. birds, squirrels, gophers, etc.) found on your private property in a bag for regular garbage pickup. 
• Larger animals found on private property cannot be placed in the garbage. You can call an animal removal company (NorCal Wildlife Removal, Critter Control) or bring the animals to the Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA 24/7 for disposal. Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA  will pick up owned domestic animals for a fee and they will pick up stray domestic animals for free.
• Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA will pick up any dead animals on the street for free. 
• Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA will not pick up dead animals from freeways: 101, 280, 84 (Woodside Road), Highway 35 (Skyline Blvd.), Highway 82 (El Camino Real), Highway 92, and Highway 1 (Pacific Coast Highway). Freeway pick-ups are handled by Caltrans: 650.358.4127.

To report an animal bite

• If your animal was attacked by another animal, call Peninsula Humane Society: (650) 340-8200.
• If you were bitten by an animal, call your doctor immediately. 

To report mountain lions

• California Department of Fish and Game: (831) 649-2870