Lakewood, WA Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)

341, titled 'Wildlife feeding and harassment,' makes it unlawful in any manner to tease, annoy, disturb, molest, catch, injure, or kill, throw any stone or missile of any kind, or strike with any stick or weapon any animal, bird, or fowl, or to feed any fowl, bird or animal, in any City of Lakewood park area. 010 as any area under the ownership, management, or control of the Lakewood Parks and Recreation Department, so the ban covers not just wooded natural areas but developed park facilities, picnic grounds, and shoreline access points on American Lake, Gravelly Lake and other city park waterfronts where waterfowl commonly gather.

The prohibition is broader than most municipal wildlife-feeding rules because it bars both harassment (chasing, throwing objects, striking with a stick) and the seemingly benign act of feeding birds or other animals bread, seed, or other food, since feeding wildlife in park settings encourages nuisance concentrations of geese and other birds and habituates wildlife to humans. 340 makes it unlawful to let a pet molest or annoy park wildlife. 00 regardless of the species involved or whether the animal was injured or only harassed.