The DNR expanded the list of critter species that landowners can kill to prevent property damage.

Those animals join woodchucks, skunks, raccoon's and coyotes which are already on the lethal control list.

New order language states that property owners can kill a nuisance animal if its causing damage or is “physically present where it could cause damage.”

The DNR says rabbits and squirrels are known to chew through structure or equipment wires and weasels often kill chickens, ducks and other small livestock.

The order updates existing language to clarify that beaver and muskrats are only considered to be doing “damage” if they cause flooding or culvert blockage.