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Vancouver Park Board considers ban on feeding any wild animal, bird, in city parks
BY , Sep 27, 2021 8:43 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
Park board commissioners in Vancouver are preparing to vote on a proposal that could impose stiff fines for feeding any type of wildlife in city parks. (Photo - vancouver park board/Twitter)
Park board commissioners in Vancouver are preparing to vote on a proposal that could impose stiff fines for feeding any type of wildlife in city parks.
Commissioners are considering amendments that include a fine of $500 for anyone feeding wild animals ranging from pigeons, crows and geese to squirrels, raccoons and coyotes.
If the board adopts the recommendation at its meeting Monday night, a bylaw could be drafted and presented for enactment within weeks.
Attracting or feeding dangerous wildlife, including as coyotes, bears or cougars, is already banned under the Provincial Wildlife Act and a park board bylaw prohibits leaving food or grain anywhere except in a garbage can.
The board is seeking tougher measures in response to numerous coyote attacks in Stanley Park.
Eleven coyotes have been trapped and shot since last year, as food-conditioned coyotes were blamed for nipping or biting park visitors, including several children.
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