El Paso County has no verified countywide ban on feeding wildlife, but feeding that attracts nuisance or dangerous animals can trigger public-health and nuisance enforcement. Native wildlife is managed by Texas Parks & Wildlife.
There is no verified countywide El Paso County ordinance specifically prohibiting the feeding of wildlife. However, feeding practices that attract coyotes, javelina, raccoons or other animals into neighborhoods can create a public nuisance or rabies-exposure risk that the county may address under state health and nuisance law. Native Texas wildlife is regulated by Texas Parks & Wildlife, which governs hunting, possession and certain interactions with indigenous species. Residents in the county's desert and border environment are advised not to feed wild animals because it habituates them and raises disease risk. Intentional feeding that causes a documented nuisance, or draws rabies-vector species near people and pets, can be abated. Cities within the county may adopt their own anti-feeding ordinances separately.
No verified countywide feeding ban; feeding that creates a documented nuisance or attracts dangerous or rabies-vector wildlife may be abated under state nuisance and health law.
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