Beavers, rabbits, squirrels added to Michigan nuisance kill list

• Updated:May. 15, 2023, 9:43 a.m.|
• Published:May. 15, 2023, 6:05 a.m.

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• Garret Ellison | gellison@mlive.com

LANSING, MI — Beavers, muskrats, rabbits, opossums, weasels and several types of squirrel, including chipmunks, are now legal to trap and kill in Michigan without a permit under recent nuisance wildlife regulation changes.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) expanded the list of critter species that landowners can kill to prevent property damage during the state Natural Resources Commission meeting on Thursday, May 11 in Lansing.

Acting DNR Director Shannon Lott approved the change under her office’s authority. The commission did not vote or discuss the matter in detail last week.

The goal is to reduce conflicts between humans and animals as more Michigan farm and forestlands fall to development,DNR says…