Huntington, NY Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Prohibited acts
- Hunting, harming, trapping, or killing park wildlife
- Feeding ban
- No food, tobacco, or alcohol to animals/birds
- Fine range
- $50 to $1,000 per § 159-74
- Enforcement
- Parks Director, Public Safety, Suffolk County Police
- Related section
- § 159-16 bans weapons harmful to wildlife
Summary
Huntington's park code bans hunting, molesting, harming, trapping, chasing, teasing or shooting at any animal, mammal or bird within town parks and prohibits removing wild animal young, eggs or nests. It also forbids giving food, tobacco, alcohol or other noxious substances to any animal or bird on park property.
§ 159-4. Wildlife. No person in a park shall:
(A) Hunt, molest, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw an object at any animal or mammal; or remove or have in his or her possession the young of any wild animal, or the eggs or nest of any mammal.
(B) Give or offer or attempt to give to any animal or bird any food, tobacco, alcohol, or other known noxious substances.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4940543; v75 updated 2026-06-09; through 06-09-2026).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 159, Article I of the Huntington Town Code governs all town parks, beaches and recreation facilities. Section 159-4, Wildlife, bars any person in a park from hunting, molesting, harming, frightening, killing, trapping, chasing, teasing, shooting or throwing an object at any animal or mammal, or from removing or possessing the young of any wild animal or the eggs or nest of any mammal. " Enforcement runs through the Director of Parks and Recreation, the Director of Public Safety and the Suffolk County Police Department under § 159-74, which lets them eject any violator from a park or beach and seize property used in the violation.
Because these protections apply to conduct within a park, beach or recreation facility, they do not reach wildlife interactions on private property or public streets, where separate town or state wildlife law applies instead.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 159-4 is punishable under the Chapter 159 penalty scale in § 159-74: a fine of not less than fifty dollars and not more than one thousand dollars on conviction. Park staff, Public Safety officers or Suffolk County Police may eject the violator on the spot and seize any device or item used to harm or harass the wildlife.
Frequently Asked Questions
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