No person or persons shall give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting, or enticing wild animals, specifically including, but not limited to, rodents of any kind, or any stray domestic animals in the Township of Brick on property either publicly or privately owned.
[Adopted 8-27-2002 by Ord. No. 956-A-02; amended in its entirety 11-20-2007 by Ord. No. 46-07]
A.
This article shall not be construed to prohibit humane acts toward wild animals and/or stray domestic animals in individual cases, such as the temporary nurturing of a wounded bird or a wild animal and/or stray domestic animal on one's own premises.
B.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit persons from feeding by throwing or scattering small quantities of food directly to birds or certain small wild animals nor prohibit persons from feeding certain wild animals and birds on their private property by leaving food for such animals in a manner commonly or ordinarily used for the feeding of these wild animals and birds, such as bird feeders or other receptacles. This exception does not permit the feeding of rodents, including, but not limited to, squirrels as the ground feeding of such animals is prohibited by the Ocean County Board of Health's public health nuisance regulations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:3-64.
C.
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit a licensed veterinarian, the Humane Society or Animal Birth Control or other nationally recognized organization from caring for such animals and carrying out the purpose of such organization.
A.
No person shall abandon, leave or discard any wild animal and/or stray domestic animal upon any public or private property within the Township of Brick.
B.
The Police Department, Code Enforcement Officer and the Board of Health are hereby authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of this article.