La Habra's Coyote Management Plan states that California law prohibits feeding wildlife and provides for enforcement of that prohibition, including against intentional feeding. Residents are urged to secure pet food, trash, compost, and fallen fruit so they do not attract and habituate coyotes and other wildlife.
La Habra addresses wildlife feeding mainly through its adopted Coyote Management Plan, which lists 'enforcement of laws and regulations prohibiting the feeding of wildlife' among its core strategies. The plan states that 'California law prohibits feeding wildlife' and that feeding attracts coyotes and their prey, driving up coyote-human interactions. It notes that where intentional feeding occurs, 'ordinances and enforcement may be enacted to minimize conflict.' The plan treats both intentional feeding and unintentional sources, such as pet food left outside, unsecured trash, and fallen fruit, as attractants that habituate coyotes. Residents seeing aggressive coyotes should report them to La Habra Animal Control, and wildlife problems can also go to California Fish and Wildlife's South Coast Region.
Intentional feeding of wildlife may be enforced under California law and any local ordinance adopted for that purpose; leaving pet food, trash, or fallen fruit that attracts coyotes can prompt an enforcement or abatement response under La Habra's coyote plan.
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