Next, in Toronto, Brad Gates and Pete Nolan of AAA Wildlife rush to help a family that has bats flying around inside their home. (The photo we have lifted is from this very funny site, http://www.komar.org/faq/hunting_bats, in which this guy, Alek Komarnitsky, has chronicled his troubles with, yes, bats in his house.)

Then, in Lake Tahoe, Nev., wildlife biologist Carl Lackey is on the trail of two big brown bears that have been causing problems for the organizers of a mountain marathon.

Experts featured in the series include Nevada state field biologist and bear expert Carl Lackey and his assistant Alyson Andreasen; Florida state alligator control agent Rick Kramer and his assistants Scott Patrone and Gene Pyster; Brad Gates and Peter Nolan of AAA Wildlife Control in Toronto, Canada; California rattlesnake removal experts, husband and wife team, Len and Heather Ramirez; Marc Hammond and Jeff Carver of Tucson, Arizona’s Animal Experts Trapping and Rescue Services; Seattle-based wildlife recovery expert Jim Davidson of Sarvey Wildlife Center; and Garon Fyffe and Vito Brancato of ABC Humane Wildlife Rescue, Control and Prevention in Chicago, Ill.

The Animal Extractors is produced by Granada Production for National Geographic Channel. Executive producer for Granada Production is Andrea Cornes. Series producer is Trevor Showler and episode producer is Richard Graveling. Tim Clements, Ralph Bower, and Gianna Hindmarsh are directors. For the National Geographic Channel, executive producer is Chris Valentini and executive-in-charge of production is John Ford.