Deterring martens from your home and car
Marten in your home or car? Tips for animal-friendly deterrence without killing. Ultrasound, home remedies and structural measures can help.
Marten in the home: how to recognise an infestation
Scurrying noises and thumping in the attic can be signs of a marten infestation. Ordinary homeowners are not permitted to trap or kill martens. Stone martens are subject to hunting law.
Deterrence instead of killing
In the long term, martens can only be kept out by making the building inaccessible to them. During the rearing of young in spring, access must not be blocked.
Marten in the car
Martens seek shelter in the engine compartment and chew through cables or hoses. Marten grilles, protective sleeves and engine washing can help. More on the topic Wildlife and Species protection.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
