The Erie County Department of Health treats improper bird and wildlife feeding as a rodent attractant and public-health nuisance and investigates complaints about it, alongside poorly stored garbage and uncollected dog waste.
Erie County addresses wildlife feeding chiefly as a sanitation and rodent-control issue through the Department of Health's Rabies, Disease and Vector Control program. The Health Department states that garbage that is not stored right, improper bird and wildlife feeding, and uncollected dog feces create places for rodents to live and can attract dangerous wildlife. Its Rodent Control Program investigates such complaints and can issue orders to abate these conditions. Feeding wildlife such as raccoons, foxes, or skunks also raises rabies-exposure concerns, since those species are rabies vectors. Beyond county sanitation rules, individual towns may prohibit feeding wildlife, and state DEC law restricts feeding of deer and bears. Residents can reach the Health Department at (716) 961-6800.
Improper wildlife or bird feeding that creates a rodent or health nuisance is investigated by the Erie County Department of Health and can result in an abatement order and penalties; municipalities and NY DEC may impose separate feeding bans.
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