East Brunswick, NJ Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 158-3C(2)(a) of the East Brunswick Township parks chapter states it flatly: no person shall feed any wildlife in any public park or on any other Township property. The ban was added by Ord. No. 05-17 on 7-25-05, together with the two definitions that make it work. FEED means to give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife. The definition carves out one exception: feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of fish and/or game.

WILDLIFE is defined as all animals that are neither human nor domesticated, and the term includes reptiles and birds. That wording is broad enough to reach geese and ducks at a pond, squirrels, and deer, and it applies to any edible material scattered with the intention of attracting them. The ban turns on intent: the definition requires the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife.

The reach is set by two other definitions. PARK means any area the Township owns, or used by the Township, and devoted to active or passive recreation or natural resource management. PUBLIC LAND means any land which the Township owns, or controls by lease, easement or other conveyance. Because the feeding paragraph also names any other Township property, the ban does not stop at the edge of a park. County parks owned by Middlesex County are defined separately in § 158-2. A separate paragraph, § 158-3C(2)(b), bars giving any animal, reptile or bird tobacco, alcohol or other known noxious substances.