Santa Clarita Municipal Code Ch. 8.84 Feeding of Certain Predator Animals

A. Except as otherwise provided for herein, no person shall feed or in any manner provide food to a nondomesticated rodent or a nondomesticated mammalian predator.

B. For purposes of this chapter:

1. "Rodent" includes ground squirrels;

2. "Mammalian predators" includes coyote, raccoon, fox and opossum.

(Ord. 91-29, 8/13/1991)

A person may feed or provide food to a nondomesticated rodent or a nondomesticated mammalian predator under the following instances:

A. When the person is the owner of such a rodent or mammalian predator, and such rodent or predator is kept under a valid certificate or permit issued by the State of California Department of Fish and Game;

B. When the person feeds or provides food to a trapped, injured or unweaned nondomesticated rodent or predator between the time the agency in charge of animal control or its designated agent is notified and picked up by said agency.

(Ord. 91-29, 8/13/1991)

A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be an infraction.

(Ord. 91-29, 8/13/1991)