355 – Abandonment of Animals.
§ 355. Abandonment of animals. A person being the owner or possessor, or having charge or custody of an animal, who abandons such animal, or leaves it to die in a street, road or public place, or who allows such animal, if it become disabled, to lie in a public street, road or public place […]
351 – Prohibition of Animal Fighting.
§ 351. Prohibition of animal fighting. 1. For purposes of this section, the term “animal fighting” shall mean any fight between cocks or other birds, or between dogs, bulls, bears or any other animals, or between any such animal and a person or persons, except in exhibitions of a kind commonly featured at rodeos. 2. […]
353 – Overdriving, Torturing and Injuring Animals; Failure to Provide Proper Sustenance.
§ 353. Overdriving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance. A person who overdrives, overloads, tortures or cruelly beats or unjustifiably injures, maims, mutilates or kills any animal, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to himself or to another, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, food or drink, or neglects or […]
353-A – Aggravated Cruelty to Animals.
§ 353-a. Aggravated cruelty to animals. 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally kills or intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated cruelty. For purposes of this section, “aggravated cruelty” shall mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause […]
353-B – Appropriate Shelter for Dogs Left Outdoors.
§ 353-b. Appropriate shelter for dogs left outdoors. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) “Physical condition” shall include any special medical needs of a dog due to disease, illness, injury, age or breed about which the owner or person with custody or control of the dog should reasonably be aware. (b) “Inclement weather” shall […]
353-C – Electrocution of Fur-Bearing Animals Prohibited.
§ 353-c. Electrocution of fur-bearing animals prohibited. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall intentionally kill, or stun to facilitate the killing of, a fur-bearing animal by means of an electrical current. For the purpose of this section, “fur-bearing animal” means arctic fox, red fox, silver fox, chinchilla, mink, pine marten, muskrat, […]
353-D – Confinement of Companion Animals in Vehicles: Extreme Temperatures.
§ 353-d. Confinement of companion animals in vehicles: extreme temperatures. 1. A person shall not confine a companion animal in a motor vehicle in extreme heat or cold without proper ventilation or other protection from such extreme temperatures where such confinement places the companion animal in imminent danger of death or serious physical injury due […]
325 – Agricultural Protection.
§ 325. Agricultural protection. 1. Subject to the availability of funds, a program is hereby established to finance through state assistance payments the state share of the costs of locally-led agricultural and farmland protection activities. State assistance payments for planning activities shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars to each county agricultural and farmland protection board […]
325-A – State Assistance Payments to Not-for-Profit Conservation Organizations.
§ 325-a. State assistance payments to not-for-profit conservation organizations. 1. Subject to the availability of funds, a program is hereby established for the purpose of awarding state assistance to not-for-profit conservation organizations for activities that will assist counties and municipalities with their agricultural and farmland protection efforts. To be eligible, an organization shall have at […]
326 – Promulgation of Rules and Regulations.
§ 326. Promulgation of rules and regulations. The commissioner is empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations and to prescribe such forms as he or she deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.