358-A – Live Animals as Prizes Prohibited.
§ 358-a. Live animals as prizes prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section “livestock” shall mean any domesticated sheep, goat, horse, cattle or swine. 2. No person shall give or offer to give away as a prize, or exchange or offer to exchange for nominal consideration, any live animal other than purebred livestock or […]
359 – Carrying Animal in a Cruel Manner.
§ 359. Carrying animal in a cruel manner. 1. A person who carries or causes to be carried in or upon any vessel or vehicle or otherwise, any animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or so as to produce torture, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, […]
359-A – Transportation of Horses.
§ 359-a. Transportation of horses. 1. Every vehicle utilized for the transportation of more than six horses shall meet the following requirements: a. The interiors of compartments containing horses shall be constructed of smooth materials, containing no sharp objects or protrusions which are hazardous; b. The floors shall be of such construction or covered with […]
360 – Poisoning or Attempting to Poison Animals.
§ 360. Poisoning or attempting to poison animals. A person who unjustifiably administers any poisonous or noxious drug or substance to a horse, mule or domestic cattle or unjustifiably exposes any such drug or substance with intent that the same shall be taken by horse, mule or by domestic cattle, whether such horse, mule or […]
361 – Interference With or Injury to Certain Domestic Animals.
§ 361. Interference with or injury to certain domestic animals. A person who wilfully or unjustifiably interferes with, injures, destroys or tampers with or who willfully sets on foot, instigates, engages in or in any way furthers any act by which any horse, mule, dog or any other domestic animal used for the purposes of […]
362 – Throwing Substance Injurious to Animals in Public Place.
§ 362. Throwing substance injurious to animals in public place. A person who wilfully throws, drops or places, or causes to be thrown, dropped or placed upon any road, highway, street or public place, any glass, nails, pieces of metal, or other substance which might wound, disable or injure any animal is guilty of a […]
363 – Unauthorized Possession of Dogs Presumptive Evidence of Larceny.
§ 363. Unauthorized possession of dogs presumptive evidence of larceny. The unauthorized possession of a dog or dogs, by any person not the true owner, for a period exceeding ten days, without notifying either the owner, the local police authorities, or the superintendent of the state police at Albany, New York, of such possession, shall […]
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 […]