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Committee asks staff to draft ordinance banning feeding of stray and wild animals
Summary
Community development staff reported complaints about neighbors feeding stray cats and attracting nuisance wildlife. The Brainerd City committee directed staff to draft ordinance language prohibiting the feeding of stray and wild animals (except above‑ground bird feeders) and voted to proceed despite concerns about enforceability.
Community development director James Kanic told the Brainerd City Safety & Public Works Committee that staff had received complaints in northeast Brainerd about a neighbor feeding stray animals and that prior complaints had involved wild animals such as skunks and turkeys.
Kanic said Brainerd City code does not currently prohibit feeding stray animals and asked…
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