Lucas County has no ordinance flatly banning feeding wildlife, but food left out that attracts rodents or creates a nuisance is enforceable under city property-maintenance and Toledo-Lucas County Health Department nuisance rules. Deer and waterfowl feeding is discouraged by the state.
There is no countywide wildlife-feeding ban in Lucas County. Instead, feeding that attracts rats, raccoons, skunks, or geese is reached through nuisance and sanitation rules: Toledo and other cities can act when feeding creates a rodent harborage or health hazard, and the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department can order abatement. The Ohio Division of Wildlife (ORC Chapter 1531) discourages feeding deer and waterfowl because it spreads disease and habituates animals; special rules apply to deer during disease-management periods. Intentional feeding of stray or wild animals that becomes a neighborhood nuisance can trigger a citation.
No standalone feeding fine countywide, but creating a rodent or animal nuisance through feeding can bring a property-maintenance or health-code abatement order and daily fines.
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