BANDIT Wildlife Management

03/27/2025

It’s getting batty up in here, working on removing Bats at several homes here in the lower Keys. It’s almost bat maternity season, which starts April 15 and runs all the way until the end of August. If you have bats up in your attic, you don’t have much time left to remove them. At this point it’s probably best just to wait until after maternity season, being that bats are so important to our environment and our fragile ecosystem. We had termites swarming really bad at our house tonight and I really wished I had some bats. 🦇🦇🦇

03/24/2025

A horrible story with a happy ending.

03/24/2025

Even the Chicks get the VIP treatment, please think about donating to the Key West Wildlife center so they can continue to do all the great things they do for the community. 

03/20/2025

Key West Chickens exploring their new home!!!

03/20/2025

I get asked all the time what happens to the chickens when they leave Key West, well here’s your answer. One of the many places they get to call home.

11/23/2024

Fun beehive removal today in Stock Island, nice size hive,

11/03/2024

Burmese Python in Key Largo

Key Largo Sgt. James Hager and his squad helped a resident remove this unwanted guest!

10/04/2024

Please help these awesome people do what they do for our local wildlife. If you can donate even a small amount, it would help with them tremendously.

Rocket was picked up Tuesday night, severely disoriented, dehydrated, and underweight. Coming in at 605g, he should be double that. 48 hours later we up 100g and looking more alert. He’ll need formula until his digestive system gets better.

10/01/2024

Happy national BANDIT Day!!!!

It's National Raccoon Day! 🦝

Here are 5 facts you may not know about Raccoons:
1. Raccoons have thousands of nerve endings in their front paws and toes. Their paws are very nimble which helps them probe under rocks and into trash cans.
2. Raccoon babies are called "kits."
3. Raccoons often dunk their food in water before eating it, which enhances their sense of touch.
4. The black fur around a raccoon’s eyes helps them see better at night.
5. Raccoons are very intelligent and highly inquisitive, ranking just below monkeys on the mammal IQ scale.

Come see our Raccoon ambassadors Friendly & Timmy at Busch Wildlife Sanctuary soon!

09/10/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Alex Zambrano

09/10/2024

I wanted to share some info because it seems to happen often. A very kind person brought a box turtle to the marathon wildlife center and put it in the after hours box. The people at the wildlife center released it on their property. The only issue with that is that they are very territorial and never really leave their home range their entire lives. So what should you do if you see a box turtle, just leave it alone, if it’s trying to cross the street help it, and put it in the direction it was going, that is the best thing to do with a Florida Box Turtle they’re not escaped pets they are native wildlife.

Box Turtles

08/22/2024

Did someone lose a lovebird, it’s on Sigsbee by the restaurant.

07/16/2024

The last removal I did at Islander Village on Stock Island, nice hive that was there about a month.

07/11/2024

Here is removal #4 at Islander Village on Stock Island, this was the mother-hive for sure, it was about four and a half feet long and about a foot wide. These bees were honey making machines, with a total of forty pounds of honey harvested.

06/05/2024

Beehive removal number three at Islander Village on Stock Island.

06/05/2024

Beehive removal number two on Stock Island’s Islander Village Community.

03/16/2024

People always ask me what do I do or what is done with the chickens that are taken to the Key West Wildlife Center? Well now you know, a lot better than Popeyes😂

03/13/2024

https://wsvn.com/news/investigations/fish-are-dying-in-the-florida-keys-scientists-are-getting-closer-to-finding-out-why/?FBWSVN

(WSVN) - Scientists want to know what is going on in the waters off the Florida Keys. That’s because fish there are behaving strangely andRe...