Delaware County has no general wildlife-feeding ordinance, but Pennsylvania restricts feeding certain wildlife statewide. The PA Game Commission bans intentional feeding of bears, elk, and deer, and can prohibit feeding that causes a nuisance or spreads disease. Your municipality may add local anti-feeding rules.
Wildlife feeding is regulated mainly by the state, not Delaware County. Under the Game and Wildlife Code (34 Pa.C.S.) and PA Game Commission regulations, it is unlawful to intentionally feed bears and elk, and the Commission may prohibit the feeding of deer and other wildlife where it draws animals into conflict, spreads disease (such as chronic wasting disease), or creates a public-safety hazard. A commission officer can order a person to stop feeding wildlife. Delaware County government imposes no countywide feeding ban, though individual boroughs and townships sometimes adopt local ordinances against feeding deer, geese, or feral animals. The county Health Department may act on feeding that becomes a vector or rabies concern.
Feeding prohibited wildlife, or failing to stop after a Game Commission order, is a summary offense under the Game and Wildlife Code, with fines per violation.
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