STATE OF NEW YORK
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7016
IN SENATE
March 8, 2010
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Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- 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
excluding certain animals from the definition of wildlife
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 6 of section 11-0103 of the
2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 777 of the laws of
3 1976, is amended to read as follows:
4 a. "Wildlife" means wild game and all other animal life existing in a
5 wild state, except fish, shellfish and crustacea. No dog or cat whether
6 domesticated or feral, or any other domesticated animal normally main-
7 tained in or near the household of the person or owner who cares for
8 such other domesticated animal shall be considered wildlife pursuant to
9 this paragraph. A feral cat or dog shall mean any domesticated cat or
10 dog that is born in the wild and is not socialized, is the offspring of
11 a domesticated cat or dog and is not socialized, or is a formerly owned
12 domesticated cat or dog that has been abandoned and is no longer social-
13 ized.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04534-01-9
