Las Cruces prohibits feeding animals running at large, so leaving food out for stray or free-roaming animals is barred. Feeding wild game like deer or coyotes is governed by state wildlife law.
Section 7-13 of the Animal Control Ordinance bars feeding any animal running at large, except community cats or food used to humanely trap an animal. That reaches loose dogs and free-roaming strays, which habituate and become a nuisance. Truly wild animals - a 'wild animal' is defined as any vertebrate under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish or USDA Wildlife Services - are managed under state wildlife rules, and intentionally feeding game or predators is discouraged because it draws coyotes and javelina into neighborhoods.
Feeding animals at large can draw a correction warning or citation under Section 7-45; repeated feeding that creates a nuisance may be abated under Chapter 18.
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