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feeding squirrels

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From: Doug McCabe
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South Elgin, IL
I have a neighbor who feeds squirrels daily with corn. He hangs corn from trees and dumps seed and corn on the ground. I know that it's not illegal to feed squirrels. However, it sounds like it's illegal if they're a nuisance? Is that right? Dumping food on the ground is illegal but who enforces that? It's gotten to the point where squirrels bury corn everywhere and everyone on the block has corn growing in their yard. Is that legal? We've also had infestations of ants and flour beetles coming from his yard. After talking to my neighbor twice, and he refuses to stop, I finally started trapping them. He actually called the police on me for that. The police said I was right but still wouldn't enforce any regulations about feeding and other violations on his property. The corn and squirrels are out of control. What recourse do I have? Who can enforce these regulations and get him to stop? Technically there are deer in the area and the corn is within reach of deer. It's been a few years since I've actually seen deer in the neighborhood. I just don't think it's right for people to have to worry about rodent and insect infestations as well as corn growing in the yard so that one guy can feed some rodents. Ducks, geese, sandhill cranes and other animals stop by his yard regularly for food. I hope you can help and give me some guidance on how to handle this. Thank you!

 
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