Bethlehem, PA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

' subsection, states plainly that no person shall give or offer, or attempt to feed any animal or bird in a park. The provision traces to Ordinance 2211, Section 3, passed September 22, 1970, and has stood alongside the article's broader wildlife protections ever since. 01, including South Mountain, Monocacy and Saucon Parks, the City's dog parks, and the South Bethlehem Greenway. 02(c)(1)'s prohibition on hunting, harming or trapping park wildlife, and both provisions serve the same purpose of keeping wild animals, waterfowl and other birds from becoming habituated to people in park settings.

09, which lets the Director, City police officers and City park employees eject any person they observe violating the article, including someone caught feeding geese, ducks or other wildlife from a park bench or pavilion. There is no permit process or exception carved out in the feeding provision itself beyond the general USDA and City animal-control exception written into the neighboring hunting provision, so the feeding ban functions as an unqualified rule for the general public.