Oklahoma City, OK Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Section 38-93(g) of the Parks and Recreation chapter makes it unlawful to feed, bait, or otherwise provide access to food for feral animals, wildlife, or fowl within any Oklahoma City park. That covers bread for geese and ducks at a park pond, corn set out for deer, or food left for stray cats and dogs, unless the person holds a revocable permit or special event permit issued through the Parks Department. The code repeats the identical ban for other city-run land: § 38-147(d) extends it to City-operated reservations such as Lake Hefner, Lake Overholser, and Lake Stanley Draper, and § 38-728(e) extends it to the North Canadian River Corridor Recreation Area.

Enforcement falls to the Parks and Recreation Director, City police officers, and other peace officers designated under § 38-86. 00 excluding costs and fees, and since the offense is continuous, each day the feeding persists is chargeable as a separate violation. The ordinance carries one built-in defense: feeding feral cats through the City's Community Cats Project, the trap-neuter-return colony program the Animal Welfare Division runs for community cats, is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subsection. The ban applies only to land the Parks and Recreation Department or Utilities Department operates; it does not reach private property.