Upland, CA Animal Ordinances: Coyote Management (2026)

020 defines 'wildlife' as undomesticated animals living in the wild, including but not limited to coyotes, raccoons, deer, opossums, feral cats, geese, ducks, foxes, squirrels, snakes, rats, mice, fish, and turtles. 050(L)(3), titled Feeding, Harassing, or Hunting Wildlife, makes it unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to hunt, feed, harass, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot, or throw devices at any animal or bird in an Upland park, or to remove or possess any wild animal, or the eggs, nest, or young of any animal or bird there.

The ban does not apply to city, law enforcement, fire district, or animal control personnel acting in their official duties, which covers city-directed hazing or removal responses to problem coyotes. 050(L)(2) lets the city manager prohibit animals, including pets, from posted areas of a park for public health, safety, comfort, welfare, or habitat protection. These are park-specific rules; the code does not contain a broader citywide coyote management ordinance covering private property, so any coyote encounter outside park boundaries falls to county animal control or state Fish and Wildlife authority rather than this chapter.