Jessica Rendell said the City of St. John’s charged her mother, Susan Rendell, for violating a municipal bylaw forbidding people from feeding wildlife on residential property
. She said her mother has been feeding the pigeons in her backyard for more than a decade, putting food out for them on her roof or letting them eat from her hands in her garden.
Court documents show Susan Rendell was charged April 13 for failing to “cease the feeding of wildlife” and “placing food or other attractants out of doors,” contrary to a residential property bylaw which prohibits both activities. For the purposes of the bylaw, the City’s definition of “wildlife” includes pigeons.
A spokesperson for the City of St. John’s said the bylaw came into effect in June 2019. News reports show it was proposed as a way to curb the city’s rat population. She said she thinks a neighbour may have complained to City Hall. Susan Bonnell, a spokesperson for the municipality, said the City does not comment on the specifics of cases before the courts, “as it may be prejudicial to do so.”Rendell said her mother got a letter from municipal officials a few months ago asking her to stop feeding the birds, and she “tried to cut back.” But the pigeons have been fed at her mother’s place for so long, they came looking for their food, she said.
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