Colusa County, CA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Colusa County Code Chapter 3 (Animals and Fowl) does not contain a dedicated prohibition on feeding deer, waterfowl, or other wildlife in the unincorporated area. The code's wildlife provisions instead address control of harmful predators: Sections 3-38 through 3-40 create the position of "county trappers," appointed by the Board of Supervisors to control and exterminate, by lawful means, wolves, coyotes, foxes, cougars, and wildcats, with a monthly report of animals taken. Because attracting wildlife can create a nuisance or public-safety hazard, conduct that draws animals onto a neighbor's property or that causes habitual loud animal noise could be reached through the general animal-nuisance provisions of Section 3-1. At the state level, the California Fish and Game Commission's regulations in Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations restrict harassing game animals and, through related provisions, the intentional feeding of big-game mammals such as deer and bears, which can habituate wildlife and create danger. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's "Keep Me Wild" program advises residents not to feed deer, bears, mountain lions, raccoons, or coyotes. Residents in unincorporated Colusa County with bear, deer, or mountain-lion concerns should contact the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.