Chatham County's animal-control chapter sets no specific wildlife-feeding ban. Wild, game, and protected species are handled by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Coastal Chatham does restrict beachfront lighting that harms nesting sea turtles.
Chapter 22 governs domestic animals and does not contain a general prohibition on feeding deer, raccoons, or other wildlife, so on that point the county sets no rule — such matters fall to the state. Under §22-105(b), complaints about animals not of a domestic nature, game animals, and protected species are forwarded to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Game and Fish Division or the USDA. Georgia DNR regulates the feeding and baiting of certain wildlife statewide. On the coast, Tybee Island and Chatham's beach communities enforce sea-turtle-friendly lighting rules under Georgia's Shore Protection framework, since artificial light disorients nesting turtles and hatchlings.
No county animal-code penalty targets wildlife feeding; violations of state wildlife feeding/baiting rules are enforced by Georgia DNR, and coastal lighting violations are enforced by the relevant beach municipality.
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