§ 11-0536. Sale of certain wild animals or wild animal products prohibited. 1. Except as provided in subdivision three hereof, no part of the skin or body, whether raw or manufactured, of the following species of wild animals or the animal itself may be sold or offered for sale by any individual, firm, corporation, association […]
§ 11-0537. Bald and golden eagles; prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful to knowingly or with wanton disregard for the consequences of this act to take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or in any manner, any bald eagle commonly known as the American […]
§ 11-0538. Direct contact between public and big cats prohibited. 1. As used in this section: (a) “Big cat” shall mean any live species of lion (panthera leo), tiger (panthera tigres), leopard (panthera pardus) (with the exception of clouded leopards (neofelis nebulosa)), jaguar (panthera onca), mountain lion, sometimes called cougar (felis concolar) or any hybrid […]
§ 11-0539. New York natural heritage program. 1. There is hereby established within the department the New York natural heritage program. The program is charged with: a. analyzing existing sources of information, monitoring and taking censuses of plant and animal populations, and cooperating with other public agencies and scientific and educational institutions, including the New […]
§ 11-0540. Prohibition on permits authorizing the use of elephants in entertainment acts. The department shall not issue any license or permit that would authorize the use of an elephant in an entertainment act pursuant to section three hundred eighty of the agriculture and markets law.
