Prohibits individuals, firms, corporations or associations from engaging in the killing or injuring of confined animals for the purpose of entertainment, contest or any other reason; prohibits a premises from being licensed as a "shooting preserve" for the purpose of such practice, commonly referred to as "canned hunting" or "domestic safaris"; subjects violators to civil penalties of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2958
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 3, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
shooting preserves
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 9 of section 11-1903
2 of the environmental conservation law is designated paragraph a and four
3 new paragraphs b, c, d and e are added to read as follows:
4 b. No individual, firm, corporation or association shall engage in
5 the killing or injuring of any confined animals: wild, domestic, exotic
6 or indigenous, not including predatory wildlife disturbing domestic
7 game, for the purposes of entertainment, contest or any other reason.
8 c. Any individual, firm, corporation, association, or partnership that
9 violates the provisions of this subdivision is subject to a civil penal-
10 ty of not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand
11 dollars for each violation.
12 d. No premises may be licensed as "shooting preserves" for the
13 purposes of "canned hunting" or "domestic safaris" wherein a licensee
14 may charge a daily fee or charge a fee for each confined animal killed
15 or a combination thereof.
16 e. As used in this subdivision, "confined animal" means any mammal
17 that has been held in captivity for any amount of time or reason whether
18 or not the licensee knows the length of captivity.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
20 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07127-01-1
