Wichita, KS Animal Ordinances: Wildlife Feeding (2026)

Sec. 350, titled "Hunting, tormenting, feeding or abusing animals," splits into two separate prohibitions. Subsection (a) is an unconditional ban: hunting, tormenting or abusing any animal or bird on public park property is illegal everywhere in the park system, with no signage requirement. Subsection (b) is narrower and sign-dependent: feeding a wild animal or bird is unlawful only in areas where the Director of Park and Recreation has posted signs prohibiting it, meaning feeding ducks or geese at an unposted pond is not itself a violation of this section, but the same conduct at a posted lake, trailhead or picnic area is.

"Director" is defined in Sec. 010 as the Director of the City of Wichita Park and Recreation Department or his or her designee, and Sec. 020 gives the Director, together with the Chief of Police or their designees, joint authority to enforce the entire parks chapter. Sec. 030 backs that enforcement with a right-of-entry power letting the Director or Chief of Police, or their designees, enter any park property, building or recreation facility at any time to inspect for compliance. The chapter applies only to land defined as "park property" in Sec.

010: real property owned or controlled by the city or the Board of Park Commissioners that the City Council has designated for park or recreational use, including easements or other use rights granted for that purpose. Sec. 350 carries no violation-specific fine, so Sec. 060's general penalty applies by default. Feeding wildlife on private property, in a residential yard, or in an unposted natural area outside the designated park system falls outside this section entirely.