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GOVERNMENT<br />
MAKING A difference<br />
ORDINANCE<br />
UPDATE<br />
WILD ANIMALS<br />
AND WILD BIRDS<br />
This is a “corrected” version from<br />
the original version printed in<br />
the July 2018 <strong>Newsletter</strong>.<br />
The Village Code was recently<br />
amended regarding wild animals and<br />
wild birds in Greenwood Village. The<br />
amended ordinance allows property<br />
owners the ability to protect their<br />
personal and real property from<br />
damage from wild animals when it is<br />
safe to do so, allowing the use of both<br />
lethal and non-lethal control activities<br />
under certain conditions. The specific<br />
changes are as follows:<br />
• Except as necessary for the<br />
protection of real or personal<br />
property against harm<br />
from wild animals<br />
itemized in C.R.S.<br />
33-6-107(9) such as<br />
coyotes, gophers,<br />
raccoons and rabbits,<br />
it is unlawful for any<br />
person to willfully<br />
shoot, capture, harass,<br />
injure or destroy any<br />
wild bird or wild<br />
animal or to attempt<br />
to shoot, capture,<br />
harass, injure, or<br />
destroy any such wild<br />
bird or wild animal<br />
within the city.<br />
• Non-lethal control<br />
activities in which<br />
there is no direct<br />
contact with geese and<br />
that do not result in<br />
harm to the geese,<br />
goslings, eggs or nests<br />
are allowed.<br />
Although it does<br />
allow lethal<br />
control of wild<br />
animals causing<br />
harm to real or<br />
personal<br />
property, the<br />
ordinance does<br />
not allow the<br />
discharge of a<br />
firearm except<br />
on private<br />
property and<br />
provided that<br />
discharged<br />
projectiles do<br />
not leave the<br />
property’s<br />
boundary. Other than the exception<br />
for protecting property from damage,<br />
the ordinance continues to prohibit<br />
the willful destruction of nests, nesting<br />
place, burrows, eggs or young of any<br />
wild bird or wild animal.<br />
For more information on wildlife<br />
issues on your personal property,<br />
please call the Police Department at<br />
303-773-2525. GV<br />
AUGUST 2018 | GV NEWSLETTER PG. 9