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Dubuque enacts ordinance banning feeding and harassment of bears as sightings rise
Summary
Following testimony from state and county wildlife officials, the council adopted an ordinance prohibiting intentional feeding and harassment of bears within city limits, requiring removal of attractants on request and allowing civil enforcement for noncompliance.
The Dubuque City Council on May 5 adopted an ordinance prohibiting intentional feeding and harassment of bears within the city limits, a response to increasing sightings and a resident bear that officials say has been present since about 2020. The council unanimously approved suspending three readings and then passed the ordinance by roll call, 7-0.
City staff presented the measure as a public-safety and wildlife-health tool. Public Health Director Mary Rose Corrigan introduced Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife depredation biologist Ross Ellingson and Dubuque County Conservation Director Brian Preston, who…
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