(A) Interference with an officer or investigation. No person shall hinder or otherwise interfere in any manner with any Special Municipal Officer or designated Law Enforcement Officer discharging and exercising their duty in enforcing this subchapter.
(B) Prohibition. No person shall knowingly or intentionally provide supplemental feed attractants to the following wild animals: antelope, deer, elk, moose, turkey, duck, goose, bobcat, bear, mountain lion, coyote, fox, raccoon, wolf and skunk.
(C) Removal of food. It shall be the duty of each property owner or occupant to remove any and all supplemental feed attractant placed on the property in violation of this section. Failure to remove such attractants or continuing to feed wild animals after receiving notice from the town will constitute a violation of this section.
(D) Removal: modification of feeding device. It shall be the duty of each property owner or occupant to remove any devise placed on the property from which wild animals actually feed. Alternatively, the property owner or occupant may modify such a device to prevent wild animals from having access to or feeding from the device, or make such other changes to the property that prevent wild animals from having any access to the device. The failure to remove such a device or to make such modifications after receiving notification from the town shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
(E) Exemptions. A person engaged in any of the following activities is not subject to liabilities under this section:
(1) A person engaged in the normal feeding of livestock;
(2) A person pursuing an agricultural purpose on agricultural land as defined by W.S. § 39-13-101(a)(iii);
(3) A person engaged in the practice of raising crops and crop aftermath, including hay, alfalfa and grains, produced, harvested, stored or fed to domestic livestock in accordance with normal agricultural practices;
(4) A person engaged in the cultivation of a lawn or garden;
(5) Naturally growing materials, including, but not limited to, fruit and vegetables;
(6) A person engaged in bird feeding using a feeder designed to limit access by the animals specified in division (B) above; or
(7) Any Health Department employee, law enforcement officer or a state or federal game official acting within the scope of his or her official duties.
(Prior Code, § 12.02.030) (Ord. 2016-05, passed 9-14-2016) Penalty, see § 10.99