The City of Ripon is moving forward with an ordinance aimed at protecting an endangered species by prohibiting people from feeding feral cats and stray animals on public property.
The amendment to the city’s municipal code would allow the city to issue citations to people who continue feeding feral cats after being warned.
The proposed ordinance comes as conservationists work to protect the riparian brush rabbit, an endangered species found only along portions of the lower Stanislaus and San Joaquin rivers…