Attention groundhogs, woodchucks and whistle pigs: Cleveland is coming for you.
The city’s Division of Animal Control is taking a new tack in its turf war against the bane of back yards. It’s hiring an expert in nuisance wildlife to trap groundhogs and such other unwelcome critters as raccoons and skunks.
City Hall’s go-fer for this work is Freeman Nuisance Animal Removal and Remedy, based in Wellington, in Lorain County. Cleveland plans to pay $200,000 to send Freeman trapping across the city. The company will catch wildlife and euthanize them, per Ohio law, Chief Animal Control Officer Bruce Campbell told City Council during Wednesday’s budget hearings…