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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

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