Macomb County's Best Practices bar confining or keeping wild animals without municipality approval, and permitted exceptions are limited to accredited zoos and state-licensed wildlife rehabilitators. Feeding that attracts or holds wildlife on a property can raise nuisance and public-health concerns.
The county Best Practices (Section 8.7) provide that wild animals are not allowed to be confined on any premises in any zoning district without municipality approval, with narrow exceptions for AZA-accredited organizations and for temporary noncommercial shelter under a state DNR possession permit for an injured or abandoned wild animal until release. The Best Practices define wild animals to include deer, raccoon, opossum, skunk, coyote, and fox. Attracting wildlife by feeding can create nuisance and public-health issues; the Director may declare an animal known to have bitten or carrying a zoonotic disease a public health hazard requiring removal or quarantine. Deer feeding and baiting are separately regulated by the Michigan DNR.
Confining a wild animal without municipality approval is a misdemeanor. Animals declared a public health hazard may be removed, quarantined, or euthanized after notice and a court process. State DNR rules impose separate penalties for unlawful deer feeding or baiting.
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