Palatine, IL Animal Ordinances: Bird Protection (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Village Code § 6-2(7)
- Protected scope
- Birds under federal or state law
- Prohibited acts
- Kill, wound, take nest/eggs/young
- Enforcing agency
- Police, environmental health division
- State law tie-in
- 510 ILCS 70/1 cruelty authority
Summary
Palatine's animal cruelty ordinance separately bans killing, wounding or taking the nest, eggs or young of any bird protected by federal or state law, folding migratory-bird and species protections into local enforceable village code.
(7)No person shall kill or wound, attempt to kill or wound, or take the nest or eggs or young of any bird that is protected by federal or state law.
Full Breakdown
Palatine Village Code § 6-2 opens by making it unlawful for any person willfully and cruelly to injure or kill any animal, or by neglect to cause an animal pain, suffering or injury. Within that section's enumerated list of prohibited acts, subsection (7) specifically bars killing or wounding, or attempting to kill or wound, or taking the nest, eggs or young of any bird that is protected by federal or state law. Because the village adopted this as its own Code provision rather than merely cross-referencing federal or state statutes, the police department and environmental health division can cite and prosecute a violation directly under village authority, in addition to any federal or Illinois Department of Natural Resources enforcement under the laws the section incorporates by reference.
The same section separately prohibits cockfighting-related fowl keeping, animal fighting and staging, and leaving animals in extreme heat, showing the bird-nest protection sits inside a broader village-wide animal welfare framework rather than standing as an isolated rule. Section 6-2 traces back to Code 1961 § 16.102 and Code 1976 § 5-2, and the Illinois Humane Care for Animals Act, 510 ILCS 70/1, is separately referenced as the state law empowering the village to prohibit cruelty to animals of this kind.
Violations & Fines
Violating Sec. 6-2(7) by killing, wounding or taking the nest, eggs or young of a protected bird is fined under the village fine schedule per Sec. 6-16, and the animal warden may require an administrative hearing or mandatory court appearance for the citation regardless of the fine imposed.
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