No South Carolina statute and no York County ordinance ban feeding wildlife generally. State game rules restrict baiting deer, and feeding that draws nuisance or rabies-vector animals near homes creates liability.
There is no county wildlife-feeding ordinance and no statewide law against feeding wild animals as such. The limits are specific. South Carolina's game regulations, enforced by SCDNR, govern baiting, and feeding deer to hunt them can violate baiting rules that differ by game zone across the Piedmont. Feeding that lures rabies-vector animals like raccoons, foxes, skunks, and coyotes toward homes, or that draws nuisance wildlife into a subdivision, exposes the feeder to liability and can prompt a nuisance complaint. SCDNR discourages feeding that habituates animals and, near Lake Wylie and the Catawba River corridor, intentional feeding that creates a public-safety risk can draw state attention. Backyard songbird feeders are unrestricted.
Feeding game in violation of SCDNR baiting rules carries state wildlife penalties. Feeding that draws nuisance or rabies-vector animals into a neighborhood can prompt a nuisance complaint or civil abatement claim; the county has no feeding ordinance to cite.
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