Cherry Hill, NJ Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

5, Wildlife Feeding, adopted by Ordinance No. 2005-12 on May 9, 2005, prohibits feeding, defined as giving, placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering edible material with the intent of feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife, in any public park or on any other property owned or operated by Cherry Hill Township. The definition of feed specifically excludes baiting used in the legal taking of fish or game, and wildlife is defined broadly as all animals that are neither human nor domesticated. The prohibition carves out an exception for confined wildlife, such as animals kept in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, and for unconfined wildlife at environmental education centers.

Because the section is written around property owned or operated by the Township, rather than around private land generally, it reaches municipal parks and Township grounds but does not by its terms extend to feeding on private residential property. The Cherry Hill Police Department enforces the section and is authorized to order a violator to cease the feeding immediately upon discovery.