Upland, CA Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- UMC § 12.36.050(L)(3)
- Scope
- City parks and park facilities
- Prohibited acts
- Feed, hunt, harass, harm, trap, kill wildlife
- Also banned
- Taking eggs, nests, or young from a park
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor under § 1.16.010 et seq.
- Exempt personnel
- City, police, fire district, animal control on duty
Summary
Upland Municipal Code § 12.36.050(L)(3) makes it a misdemeanor to feed, hunt, harass, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot, or throw devices at any animal or bird in a city park. The same subsection bars removing or possessing any wild animal, or any bird's eggs, nest, or young, found in a park. City staff, law enforcement, fire district, and animal control personnel acting in their official duties are exempt.
3. Feeding, Harassing, or Hunting Wildlife. It is unlawful and a misdemeanor for any person to hunt, feed, harass, harm, frighten, kill, trap, chase, tease, shoot or throw devices at any animal or bird in any park, nor shall any person remove or have in their possession any wild animals, or the eggs or nest or young of any animal or bird in any park. This section shall not apply to city, law enforcement, fire district or animal control personnel in their official duties.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4480959; v4 updated 2025-09-22).
Full Breakdown
36 (Use of City Park Facilities) as rewritten by Ordinance 1988 on May 13, 2024. 020, defines "wildlife" broadly to mean undomesticated animals living in the wild, expressly listing coyotes, raccoons, deer, opossums, feral cats, geese, ducks, foxes, squirrels, snakes, rats, mice, fish, and turtles, so the ban reaches everything from a squirrel offered a peanut to a duck fed bread at a park pond. 050(L)(4)) requiring anyone with a dog, cat, or equine in a park to pick up and remove the animal's fecal matter, showing the chapter treats wildlife interaction and pet sanitation as linked park-conduct rules.
020 to include the entire park area: parking lots, walkways, restrooms, buildings, playgrounds, grass areas, fields, courts, slopes, greenbelts, and wet or dry creeks. The code does not extend a citywide feeding ban to private yards or streets outside park boundaries; the only feeding-of-wildlife prohibition found in the municipal code is this park-specific one.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 12.36.050(L)(3) is expressly declared a misdemeanor, subject to punishment under § 1.16.010 et seq. of the Upland Municipal Code, and an offender can also be removed from the park under the chapter's general enforcement section, § 12.36.100.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is it illegal to feed ducks or geese at an Upland park?
What penalty applies to feeding or harassing wildlife in an Upland park?
Does the wildlife-feeding ban apply to my backyard?
Are city or animal control workers exempt from the park wildlife rule?
Sources & Official References
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