Abington, PA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Chapter 58, Article VI, Section 58-34 of the Abington Township Code, adopted 12-11-2003 by Ordinance No. 1903, is titled "Feeding of stray or feral cats." Subsection A makes it unlawful for any person to continue feeding feral cats if that feeding causes a nuisance to neighbors or creates a condition contrary to the health, safety and welfare of the community; the ordinance does not print a distance, headcount or time-of-day limit, so enforcement turns on whether a specific complaint shows a nuisance or health condition.

Subsection B does not prohibit feeding outright; instead it authorizes the Township to require anyone feeding stray or feral cats to cooperate with a humane program the Township sponsors, or one operating under its auspices, that traps the cats to spay or neuter them, immunize them against rabies, tip the left ear to mark that status, and return each cat to the general vicinity where it was trapped. The article does not reach deer, geese or other wildlife by name; its feeding rule is written for cats only, and it is enforced under the same Section 58-35 penalty that governs the rest of Article VI rather than a separate wildlife-feeding schedule. A resident feeding a documented colony who cooperates with a Township trapping referral is following the ordinance's intended path rather than violating it.