Arlington Animal Services field operations manager Ray Rentschler will explore the types of urban wildlife in and around Arlington — coyotes, bobcats, skunks, alligators, feral hogs, snakes — and strategies for living with our wild neighbors. He also will discuss Arlington's new Wildlife Sustainability Program and how the city responds to wildlife issues.
Ray has been in the animal control field for over 20 years, and with numerous titles, including animal control officer, bite investigator, dangerous dog investigator and cruelty investigator. He has completed his Basic, Advanced, and Administrative Animal Control training and instructs animal law enforcement classes across the state.
He is a certified humane investigator through the University of Missouri-Columbia, certified in Chemical Capture through Safe Capture, and has specialized training in basic criminal investigation and intermediate crime scene investigation. He has had special training in wildlife rehabilitation basics and urban wildlife from Texas Parks and Wildlife. And he attended an alligator handling class.
