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Public Safety Committee sends peafowl code changes to full council
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted to send proposed changes to Chapter 5 of the city code to the full City Council to restrict unlicensed trapping and require humane handling and relocation of peafowl after staff outlined a three‑phase plan following neighborhood concerns.
The Public Safety Committee voted April 15 to send proposed code changes to the full City Council that would restrict unlicensed trapping of peafowl, require licensed handlers for any removals, and bar trapped birds from being released elsewhere in the city.
City animal services staff framed the measure as a response to complaints and a local increase in peafowl in a small area of east San Antonio. "We only respond to PFAL calls for PFAL if there's injury bites or cruelty to them," staff said during the presentation, and noted the department receives roughly 12–15 peafowl calls a year and about 50 in the last three years amid roughly 94,000 total calls annually.
The proposal grew from…
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