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Council advances amendments to ban feeding wildlife and clear path for deer management
Summary
Councilmembers discussed and voted to advance code changes that would ban feeding or attracting deer and give the town statutory authority to participate in Fairfax County’s deer-management program pending a future MOU; a friendly wording change clarifying the Department of Wildlife Resources was adopted.
The Vienna Town Council on April 28 approved moving forward with proposed amendments to Chapter 3 of the town code that would make it unlawful to feed or otherwise attract deer and would add broader prohibitions on feeding wild animals; the changes also permit deployment of a county-led deer management program if the town later agrees by MOU.
"The first one is unlawful to feed or attract deer," Police Chief John Morris told the council, linking the change to concerns about chronic wasting disease and the public-health risk of concentrating…
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