reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 350 - Definitions.

§ 350. Definitions.  1.  "Animal,"  as  used in this article, includes
  every living creature except a human being;
2. "Torture" or "cruelty" includes every act,  omission,  or  neglect,
  whereby  unjustifiable  physical  pain,  suffering or death is caused or
  permitted.
3. "Adoption" means the delivery to any natural person eighteen  years
  of  age or older, for the limited purpose of harboring a pet, of any dog
  or cat, seized or surrendered.
4. "Farm animal",  as  used  in  this  article,  means  any  ungulate,
  poultry,  species  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  goats, llamas, horses or
  fur-bearing animals, as defined in section 11-1907 of the  environmental
  conservation  law,  which  are  raised  for  commercial  or  subsistence
  purposes. Fur-bearing animal shall not include dogs or cats.
5. "Companion animal" or "pet" means any dog or cat,  and  shall  also
  mean  any  other  domesticated animal normally maintained in or near the
  household of the owner or person who cares for such  other  domesticated
  animal. "Pet" or "companion animal" shall not include a "farm animal" as
  defined in this section.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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  refuses  to  furnish  it  such sustenance or drink, or
  causes, procures or permits any animal  to  be  overdriven,  overloaded,
  tortured, cruelly beaten, or unjustifiably injured, maimed, mutilated or
  killed,  or  to  be deprived of necessary food or drink, or who wilfully
  sets on foot, instigates, engages in, or in any way furthers any act  of
  cruelty  to  any  animal, or any act tending to produce such cruelty, is
  guilty of a class A misdemeanor and for purposes  of  paragraph  (b)  of
  subdivision  one  of section 160.10 of the criminal procedure law, shall
  be treated as a misdemeanor defined in the penal law.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit  or  interfere
  with   any   properly   conducted   scientific   tests,  experiments  or
  investigations, involving  the  use  of  living  animals,  performed  or
  conducted  in laboratories or institutions, which are approved for these
  purposes by the state commissioner of health. The state commissioner  of
  health  shall  prescribe  the  rules under which such approvals shall be
  granted, including therein standards regarding the care and treatment of
  any such animals. Such rules  shall  be  published  and  copies  thereof
  conspicuously  posted  in each such laboratory or institution. The state
  commissioner of health or his duly authorized representative shall  have
  the  power  to  inspect  such  laboratories  or  institutions  to insure
  compliance with such rules and standards.  Each  such  approval  may  be
  revoked  at  any  time  for failure to comply with such rules and in any
  case the approval shall be limited to a period not exceeding one year.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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  extreme  physical  pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an
  especially depraved or sadistic manner.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or
  interfere in any way with anyone lawfully engaged in hunting,  trapping,
  or   fishing,  as  provided  in  article  eleven  of  the  environmental
  conservation law, the dispatch of rabid or diseased animals, as provided
  in article twenty-one of the public  health  law,  or  the  dispatch  of
  animals  posing  a  threat  to human safety or other animals, where such
  action is  otherwise  legally  authorized,  or  any  properly  conducted
  scientific  tests,  experiments,  or investigations involving the use of
  living animals, performed or conducted in laboratories  or  institutions
  approved  for  such  purposes  by the commissioner of health pursuant to
  section three hundred fifty-three of this article.
3. Aggravated cruelty to animals is a felony. A defendant convicted of
  this offense shall be sentenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision
  one of section 55.10 of the penal law provided, however, that  any  term
  of  imprisonment  imposed  for  violation  of  this  section  shall be a
  definite sentence, which may not exceed two years.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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, and  those  fur-bearing  animals
  included  within  the provisions of section 11-1907 of the environmental
  conservation law.
2. A violation of subdivision  one  of  this  section  is  a  class  A
  misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 to exposure to such extreme heat or cold.
2. Where the operator of such a vehicle cannot be promptly located,  a
  police  officer,  peace  officer,  peace officer acting as an agent of a
  duly incorporated humane society, emergency medical services  personnel,
  paid  firefighter,  or  volunteer  firefighter who in the performance of
  such volunteer firefighter's duties are directed to respond  to  a  call
  for  assistance  for  such animal may take necessary steps to remove the
  animal or animals from the vehicle.
3. Police officers, peace officers, peace officers acting as agents of
  a  duly  incorporated  humane  society,   emergency   medical   services
  personnel,  paid  firefighters,  or  volunteer  firefighters  who in the
  performance of such volunteer firefighters' duties or emergency  medical
  services  personnel are directed to respond to a call for assistance for
  such animal removing an animal or animals from  a  vehicle  pursuant  to
  this  section shall place a written notice on or in the vehicle, bearing
  the name of the officer or agent,  and  the  department  or  agency  and
  address and other contact information, if available, where the animal or
  animals will be taken.
4.  An  animal  or  animals  removed  from  a vehicle pursuant to this
  section shall, after  receipt  of  any  necessary  emergency  veterinary
  treatment,  be  delivered  to  the  duly  incorporated humane society or
  society for the prevention of cruelty to animals,  or  designated  agent
  thereof, in the jurisdiction where the animal or animals were seized.
5. Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of subdivision one
  of  this section shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine of
  not less than fifty dollars nor more than  one  hundred  dollars  for  a
  first  offense, and a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more
  than two hundred and fifty dollars for a second and subsequent offenses.
6. Officers, emergency medical  services  personnel  and  firefighters
  shall  not  be  held  criminally  or  civilly  liable  for actions taken
  reasonably and in good faith in carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this
  section.
7.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect any
  other  protections  afforded  to  companion  animals  under  any   other
  provisions of this article.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 353-E - Companion Animal Grooming Facilities; Prohibited Practices.

§  353-e.  Companion animal grooming facilities; prohibited practices.
1. As used in this section:
(a) "Cage and box dryer" means a product that is attached to or near a
cage or box for the purpose of drying or  aiding  in  the  drying  of  a
companion  animal  contained  in  a cage or box, and which is capable of
functioning without a person manually holding a dryer.
(b) "Companion animal grooming facility" means an establishment  where
a companion animal may be bathed, brushed, clipped or styled for a fee.
2.  No  person  shall use a cage or box dryer which contains a heating
element with the heating element turned on for the purpose of drying  or
aiding in the drying of a companion animal.
3.  Any  violation  of  this  section  shall  be punishable by a civil
penalty of not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor  more  than  five
hundred dollars for each violation.
4. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or abrogate any claim
or  cause  of action any person may have under common law or by statute.
The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any  such  common
law and statutory remedies.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 353-F - Companion Animal Piercing and Tattooing Prohibited.

§  353-f.  Companion  animal  piercing and tattooing prohibited. 1. No
person shall pierce or cause to have pierced a companion  animal  unless
such  piercing  provides a medical benefit to the companion animal. Such
piercing shall be performed by a  licensed  veterinarian  or  under  the
supervision of a licensed veterinarian. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to apply to ear tags on rabbits and cavies.
2. No person shall tattoo or cause to have tattooed a companion animal
unless such tattoo:
(a) is done in conjunction with a medical procedure for the benefit of
the  companion  animal  and  to indicate that such medical procedure has
been done, provided that such tattoo is not for design purposes; or
(b) is done for the purpose of identification of the companion  animal
and  not for design purposes, and such tattoo includes only such numbers
and/or letters allotted by a corporation that, in the regular course  of
its business, maintains an animal tattoo identification registry.
3. For the purposes of this section, "tattoo" shall mean a mark on the
body  made  with  indelible  ink  or pigments injected beneath the outer
layer of the skin.
4. Tattooing done in conjunction with  a  medical  procedure  for  the
benefit of a companion animal that indicates that such medical procedure
has been done shall be performed by a licensed veterinarian or under the
supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
5.  Any  person  who knowingly violates the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a violation punishable pursuant to the penal law.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 354 - Sale of Baby Chicks and Baby Rabbits.

§ 354. Sale  of baby chicks and baby rabbits. 1. No person shall sell,
  offer for sale, barter or give away living  baby  chicks,  ducklings  or
  other  fowl  or  baby rabbits unless such person provides proper brooder
  facilities where appropriate for the care of such baby chicks, ducklings
  or other fowl or baby rabbits during the time they are in the possession
  of such person. For the purposes of this section, a baby rabbit shall be
  a rabbit of less than two months of age.
2. No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter or display living baby
  chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits which  have  been  dyed,
  colored  or  otherwise  treated  so  as  to impart to them an artificial
  color.
2-a. No provision of subdivision two shall be interpreted  or  applied
  to prevent or restrict teachers and qualified instructors of youth under
  the guidance and supervision of the New York state cooperative extension
  service  from  using  eggs  for  non-profit educational purposes or from
  observing  fowl  hatched  from  such  eggs  for  non-profit  educational
  purposes.
3.  No  person  shall sell, offer for sale, barter or give away living
  baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or baby rabbits under two months of
  age in any quantity less than six.
4. A violation of the provisions of this  section  is  a  misdemeanor,
  punishable  by  imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of
  not more than five hundred dollars, or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 more than three hours after he receives notice  that  it  is  left
  disabled, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not
  more  than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars,
  or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 356 - Failure to Provide Proper Food and Drink to Impounded Animal.

§ 356. Failure to provide proper food and drink to impounded animal. A
  person who, having impounded or confined any animal, refuses or neglects
  to  supply  to such animal during its confinement a sufficient supply of
  good and wholesome  air,  food,  shelter  and  water,  is  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor,  punishable  by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
  by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both. In case any
  animal shall be at any time impounded as aforesaid, and  shall  continue
  to  be  without necessary food and water for more than twelve successive
  hours, it shall be lawful for any person, from  time  to  time,  and  as
  often  as  it  shall  be  necessary, to enter into and upon any pound in
  which any such animal shall be  so  confined,  and  to  supply  it  with
  necessary  food  and water, so long as it shall remain so confined; such
  person shall not be liable  to  any  action  for  such  entry,  and  the
  reasonable  cost  of  such food and water may be collected by him of the
  owner of such animal, and the said animal shall not be exempt from  levy
  and sale upon execution issued upon a judgment therefor.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 357 - Selling or Offering to Sell or Exposing Diseased Animal.

§ 357. Selling  or  offering  to  sell  or exposing diseased animal. A
  person who wilfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or causes or
  permits to be sold, offered for sale, used  or  exposed,  any  horse  or
  other  animal  having  the  disease known as glanders or farcy, or other
  contagious or infectious disease dangerous to  the  life  or  health  of
  human  beings,  or  animals,  or which is diseased past recovery, or who
  refuses upon demand to deprive of life an animal affected with any  such
  disease,  is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not
  more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one  thousand  dollars
  or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 358 - Selling Disabled Equidae.

§ 358. Selling  disabled  Equidae. It shall be unlawful for any person
  holding an auctioneer's license knowingly to receive or offer  for  sale
  or to sell at public auction, other than at a sheriff's or judicial sale
  under a court order, any Equidae which by reason of debility, disease or
  lameness,  or  for  any  other  cause, could not be worked in this state
  without violating the law against cruelty to  animals.  A  violation  of
  this  section  shall  be  a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more
  than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment  for  not  more  than  six
  months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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  fish  in  any  game,  drawing,   contest,
  sweepstakes  or  other  promotion,  except when any live animal is given
  away by individuals or organizations operating  in  conjunction  with  a
  cooperative  extension  education  program  or  agricultural  vocational
  program sanctioned by the state education department.
3. The commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  which
  provide  guidelines, conditions and requirements when any live animal is
  given away under the exceptions provided for in subdivision two of  this
  section.
4.  Any  person  who  violates the provisions of this section shall be
  subject to civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty  dollars  or
  in  lieu  thereof  shall be guilty of a violation punishable solely by a
  fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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,  or  by  a  fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by
  both.
2. A railway corporation, or an owner, agent, consignee, or person  in
  charge  of any horses, sheep, cattle, or swine, in the course of, or for
  transportation, who confines, or  causes  or  suffers  the  same  to  be
  confined,  in  cars  for  a  longer period than twenty-eight consecutive
  hours, or thirty-six consecutive hours where consent  is  given  in  the
  manner  hereinafter  provided,  without  unloading  for  rest, water and
  feeding, during five consecutive hours, unless  prevented  by  storm  or
  inevitable  accident, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The consent which will
  extend the period from twenty-eight to thirty-six hours shall  be  given
  by  the  owner,  or  by person in custody of a particular shipment, by a
  writing separate and apart from any printed  bill  of  lading  or  other
  railroad form. In estimating such confinement, the time during which the
  animals  have been confined without rest, on connecting roads from which
  they are received, must be computed.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 abrasive
  material so as to prevent horses from skidding or sliding;
c. There shall be sufficient apertures to insure adequate ventilation;
d. There shall be sufficient insulation or coverings  to  maintain  an
  adequate temperature in the compartment containing horses;
e.  Partitions of sturdy construction shall be placed a maximum of ten
  feet apart in vehicles which do not have stalls;
f. Doorways shall be of sufficient height to allow  safe  ingress  and
  egress of each horse contained in the compartment;
g. Each compartment containing horses shall be of such height so as to
  allow  sufficient  clearance above the poll and withers of each horse in
  the compartment;
h. Ramps sufficient for loading and unloading horses shall be provided
  if the vertical distance from the floor of  the  compartment  containing
  horses to the ground is greater than fifteen inches; and
i.  There shall be at least two doorways for ingress and egress, which
  shall not be on the same side.
2. Every vehicle utilized for the  transportation  of  more  than  six
  horses over a highway shall have no more than one tier.
3.  a.  Transporting  a  horse in violation of this section shall be a
  violation punishable by a fine  of  not  more  than  two  hundred  fifty
  dollars.
b.  Any  subsequent  violation  of  this section on a date following a
  conviction under the provisions of this section shall be  a  misdemeanor
  punishable  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars  or
  imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
4. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations,  including
  size  specifications,  and  establish  guidelines in order to facilitate
  compliance with the provisions of this section.
5. a. The term "horse" as used throughout this section shall apply  to
  the entire family of equidae.
b.  The  term "vehicle" as used throughout this section shall apply to
  every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or  may  be
  transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power
  or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
6.  The  court  in  which  a  conviction  under the provisions of this
  section is obtained, shall,  within  thirty  days  of  such  conviction,
  transmit  a  copy  of  the  record of conviction to the department which
  shall  maintain  a  record  of  such  conviction  for  the  purpose   of
  identifying subsequent violations of this section.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 domestic cattle be the
  property of himself or another, is guilty of  a  felony.  A  person  who
  unjustifiably  administers any poisonous or noxious drug or substance to
  an animal, other than a horse, mule or domestic cattle, or unjustifiably
  exposes any such drug or substance with intent that the  same  shall  be
  taken  by an animal other than a horse, mule or domestic cattle, whether
  such animal be the property of  himself  or  another,  is  guilty  of  a
  misdemeanor,  punishable  by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
  by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 racing, breeding or competitive
  exhibition of skill, breed or  stamina,  is  interfered  with,  injured,
  destroyed  or  tampered  with,  or  any  act  tending  to  produce  such
  interference, injury, destruction  or  tampering,  whether  such  horse,
  mule,  dog  or  other  domestic  animal  be  the  property of himself or
  another, is guilty of a felony.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 misdemeanor, punishable by
  imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not  more  than
  one thousand dollars, or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 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 be
  presumptive evidence of larceny.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 364 - Running Horses on Highway.

§ 364. Running  horses  on  highway. A person driving any vehicle upon
  any plank road, turnpike or public highway, who unjustifiably  runs  the
  horses  drawing the same, or causes or permits them to run, is guilty of
  a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
  by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 365 - Clipping or Cutting the Ears of Dogs.

§ 365. Clipping  or cutting the ears of dogs. 1. Whoever clips or cuts
  off or causes or procures another to clip or cut off the  whole  or  any
  part of an ear of any dog unless an anaesthetic shall have been given to
  the  dog  and  the  operation  performed  by a licensed veterinarian, is
  guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for  not  more  than
  one year, or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any dog or person
  who is the owner or possessor of any dog whose ear or a part thereof has
  been  clipped  or  cut  off  prior  to September first, nineteen hundred
  twenty-nine.
3. Each applicant for a dog license must  state  on  such  application
  whether  any  ear  of  the dog for which he applies for such license has
  been cut off wholly or in part.
4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing  any  dog
  whose  ear or ears shall have been clipped or cut off wholly or in part,
  not in violation of this section, from being  imported  into  the  state
  exclusively for breeding purposes.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 366 - Companion Animal Stealing.

§ 366. Companion animal stealing. It shall be unlawful for any person:
1.  To remove or cause to be removed the collar, identification tag or
  any other identification by which the owner may be ascertained from  any
  dog, cat or any other companion animal as defined in subdivision five of
  section three hundred fifty of this chapter, or to entice any identified
  dog,  cat  or  other  such  companion animal into or out of any house or
  enclosure for the purpose of removing  its  collar,  tag  or  any  other
  identification, except with the owner's permission;
2.  To entice, seize or molest any companion animal, while it is being
  held or led by any person or while it is properly muzzled or  wearing  a
  collar  with an identification tag attached, except where such action is
  incidental to the enforcement of some law or regulation;
3. To transport any companion animal, not lawfully in his  possession,
  for the purpose of killing or selling such companion animal.
Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions of this section, upon
  conviction thereof, shall be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  one
  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by
  both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 366-A - Removing, Seizing or Transporting Dogs for Research Purposes.

§ 366-a. Removing, seizing or transporting dogs for research purposes.
  It shall be unlawful for any person:
1.  To  remove,  seize  or  transport  or  cause  to  remove, seize or
  transport any dog which belongs to or is licensed  to  another  for  the
  purpose  of  sale,  barter  or  to  give  away said dog to a laboratory,
  hospital,  research  institute,  medical  school  or   any   agency   or
  organization  engaged  in research activity, without the express written
  permission of the owner or licensee.
2. Any person  who  violates  the  provision  of  this  section,  upon
  conviction  thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable
  by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by  imprisonment  for
  not more than six months, or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 367 - Leaving State to Avoid Provisions of This Article.

§ 367. Leaving state to avoid provisions of this article. A person who
  leaves  this  state  with  intent to elude any of the provisions of this
  article or to commit any act out of this state which  is  prohibited  by
  them  or  who, being a resident of this state, does any act without this
  state, pursuant to such intent, which would  be  punishable  under  such
  provisions,  if  committed  within this state, is punishable in the same
  manner as if such act had been committed within this state.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 369 - Interference With Officers.

§ 369. Interference with officers. Any person who shall interfere with
  or  obstruct  any constable or police officer or any officer or agent of
  any duly incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty  to  animals
  in  the  discharge  of  his duty to enforce the laws relating to animals
  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable  by  imprisonment  for  not
  more  than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars,
  or by both.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 370 - Protection of the Public From Attack by Wild Animals and Reptiles.

§ 370. Protection  of  the  public  from  attack  by  wild animals and
  reptiles. Any person owning, possessing or harboring a  wild  animal  or
  reptile  capable of inflicting bodily harm upon a human being, who shall
  fail to exercise due care in safeguarding the public from attack by such
  wild animal or reptile,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by
  imprisonment  for  not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than
  five hundred dollars, or by both. "Wild animal" within  the  meaning  of
  this section, shall not include a dog or cat or other domestic animal.
Previous attacks upon a human being by such wild animal or reptile, or
  knowledge of the vicious propensities of such wild animal or reptile, on
  the  part of the possessor or harborer thereof, shall not be required to
  be proven by the people upon a prosecution hereunder;  and  neither  the
  fact  that  such  wild  animal  or reptile has not previously attacked a
  human being, nor lack of knowledge of the vicious propensities  of  such
  wild  animal  or reptile on the part of the owner, possessor or harborer
  thereof shall constitute a defense to a prosecution hereunder.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 371 - Powers of Peace Officers.

§ 371. Powers  of  peace officers. A constable or police officer must,
  and any agent or officer  of  any  duly  incorporated  society  for  the
  prevention of cruelty to animals may issue an appearance ticket pursuant
  to  section  150.20 of the criminal procedure law, summon or arrest, and
  bring before a court  or  magistrate  having  jurisdiction,  any  person
  offending  against  any  of  the provisions of article twenty-six of the
  agriculture and markets law.   Any officer  or  agent  of  any  of  said
  societies  may lawfully interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act
  of cruelty upon any animal in his presence. Any of  said  societies  may
  prefer  a  complaint  before  any  court,  tribunal or magistrate having
  jurisdiction, for the violation of any  law  relating  to  or  affecting
  animals  and  may aid in presenting the law and facts before such court,
  tribunal or magistrate in any proceeding taken.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 372 - Issuance of Warrants Upon Complaint.

§ 372. Issuance  of warrants upon complaint. Upon complaint under oath
  or affirmation  to  any  magistrate  authorized  to  issue  warrants  in
  criminal  cases,  that  the complainant has just and reasonable cause to
  suspect that any of the provisions of law relating to  or  in  any  wise
  affecting  animals  are  being or about to be violated in any particular
  building or place, such magistrate shall immediately issue and deliver a
  warrant to any person  authorized  by  law  to  make  arrests  for  such
  offenses,  authorizing  him  to enter and search such building or place,
  and to arrest any person there present found violating any of said laws,
  and to bring such person before  the  nearest  magistrate  of  competent
  jurisdiction, to be dealt with according to law.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 375 - Officer May Take Possession of Animals or Implements Used in Fights Among Animals.

§ 375. Officer  may  take  possession of animals or implements used in
  fights among animals. Any officer authorized by law to make arrests  may
  lawfully  take  possession  of  any  animals,  or  implements,  or other
  property used or employed, or about to  be  used  or  employed,  in  the
  violation  of  any provision of law relating to fights among animals. He
  shall state to the person in charge thereof, at the time of such taking,
  his name and residence, and also,  the  time  and  place  at  which  the
  application provided for by the next section will be made.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 376 - Disposition of Animals or Implements Used in Fights Among Animals.

§ 376. Disposition  of  animals  or  implements  used  in fights among
  animals. The officer,  after  taking  possession  of  such  animals,  or
  implements,  or other property, pursuant to the preceding section, shall
  apply to the magistrate  before  whom  complaint  is  made  against  the
  offender violating such provision of law, for the order next hereinafter
  mentioned,  and  shall  make and file an affidavit with such magistrate,
  stating therein the name of the offender charged in such complaint,  the
  time, place and description of the animals, implements or other property
  so  taken,  together  with the name of the party who claims the same, if
  known, and that the affiant has reason  to  believe  and  does  believe,
  stating the grounds of such belief, that the same were used or employed,
  or  were  about  to  be  used  or  employed, in such violation, and will
  establish the truth thereof upon the trial of such  offender.  He  shall
  then  deliver  such  animals,  implements,  or  other  property, to such
  magistrate, who shall thereupon, by order in writing, place the same  in
  the custody of an officer or other proper person in such order named and
  designated,  to be by him kept until the trial or final discharge of the
  offender, and shall send a copy of such order,  without  delay,  to  the
  district  attorney  of  the  county.  The officer or person so named and
  designated in  such  order,  shall  immediately  thereupon  assume  such
  custody, and shall retain the same for the purpose of evidence upon such
  trial,  subject to the order of the court before which such offender may
  be required to appear, until his final discharge or  conviction.    Upon
  the  conviction  of  such  offender,  the  animals, implements, or other
  property, shall be adjudged by the court to be forfeited. In  the  event
  of  the  acquittal  or  final  discharge,  without  conviction,  of such
  offender, such court shall,  on  demand,  direct  the  delivery  of  the
  property so held in custody to the owner thereof.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 377 - Disposal of Dead Animals.

§ 377. Disposal  of  dead animals. (1) The carcasses of large domestic
animals, including but not limited to horses, cows, sheep, swine,  goats
and  mules, which have died otherwise than by slaughter, shall be buried
at least three feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground  or  otherwise
disposed  of  in a sanitary manner by the owner of such animals, whether
the carcasses are located on the premises of such  owner  or  elsewhere.
Such  disposal  shall  be  completed  within seventy-two hours after the
owner is directed to do so by any peace officer, acting pursuant to  his
special duties, police officer, or by a designated representative of the
commissioner.
(2)  Notwithstanding  section forty-one of this chapter, any violation
of this section shall constitute a violation.  This  section  shall  not
apply to animal carcasses used for experimental or teaching purposes.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 379 - Prohibition of the Selling of Fur, Hair, Skin or Flesh of a Dog or Cat.

§ 379. Prohibition of the selling of fur, hair, skin or flesh of a dog
or  cat.  1.  It  shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or
corporation to knowingly import,  sell,  offer  for  sale,  manufacture,
distribute,  transport  or  otherwise  market or trade in the fur, hair,
skin or flesh of a domesticated dog (canis familiaris)  or  domesticated
cat (felis catus or domesticus), whether domestically raised or imported
from  another country, or any product or item containing or comprised of
the fur, hair, skin or flesh of a dog or cat. As used  in  this  section
the  term  "domesticated  dog  or  cat" shall not mean or include coyote
(ranis latrans), fox  (vulpes  volpes,  vulpes  cinereoargenteus),  lynx
(felis lynx) or bobcat (felis rufus).
2.  Manufacturers  or  suppliers  shall  provide certification to each
retailer that any fur, hair, skin or flesh contained in  such  items  is
not derived from domesticated dog or domesticated cat.
3.  The  commissioner shall establish a standard for the certification
required by the provisions of subdivision two of  this  section  on  the
effective date of this section.
4.  A violation of this section shall be punishable by a civil penalty
of up to one thousand dollars for an individual and up to five  thousand
dollars  for  a  corporation  for  the  first  violation. Any subsequent
violation shall be punishable by a civil penalty of  up  to  twenty-five
thousand dollars.
5.  Any  civil penalties collected pursuant to this section of law are
payable to the animal population control fund  established  pursuant  to
section ninety-seven-xx of the state finance law.
6.  (a) No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit or
interfere with any properly conducted scientific tests,  experiments  or
investigations  involving  the use of dog or cat fur or flesh, performed
or conducted in laboratories or institutions,  which  are  approved  for
these  purposes  by  the state commissioner of health in accordance with
section three hundred fifty-three of this article.
(b) No provision of this section shall be construed  to  prohibit  any
person,  firm,  partnership  or  corporation  from  importing,  selling,
offering  for  sale,  manufacturing,  distributing,   transporting,   or
otherwise  marketing  or  trading  in the fur, hair, skin, or flesh of a
domesticated dog or cat for the purposes of conducting scientific tests,
experiments or investigations that are to be performed or  conducted  in
laboratories  or  institutions, which are approved for these purposes by
the state commissioner  of  health  in  accordance  with  section  three
hundred fifty-three of this article.
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 380 - Use of Elephants in Entertainment Acts.

* §  380.  Use  of elephants in entertainment acts. 1. No person shall
use or cause to be used elephants in any type of entertainment act.
2. Any person that violates the provisions of  this  section,  or  any
rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, may be assessed, by the
commissioner,  a  civil  penalty  not to exceed one thousand dollars for
each such violation.
3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(a) institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and  Aquariums;
and
(b)  wildlife  sanctuaries  as  defined  in  subdivision thirty-two of
section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation law.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Elephant" means the three species of the family Elephantidae:
(i) Loxodonta africana and  Loxodonta  cyclotis,  also  known  as  the
African elephant; and
(ii)  Elephas  maximus,  also  known  as  the Asian elephant or Indian
elephant.
(b) "Entertainment act" means any exhibition, act, circus, trade show,
carnival, ride, parade, race, performance or similar  undertaking  which
is  primarily  undertaken  for  the entertainment or amusement of a live
audience.
(c) "Person"  means  an  individual,  partnership,  limited  liability
company,  corporation,  joint venture, association, trust, estate or any
other legal entity, and  any  officer,  member,  shareholder,  director,
employee, agent or representative of any such entity.
* NB There are 2 § 380's
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 380*2 - Examination of Seized Animals or Animals Taken Possession Of.

* § 380. Examination of seized animals or animals taken possession of.
1.  Consistent  with  the provisions of section one hundred seventeen of
this chapter and sections three hundred seventy-three and three  hundred
seventy-four  of  this  article,  no later than twenty-four hours, or as
soon as practicable, after a companion animal that is a dog or a cat has
been seized or taken possession of, except for such  animals  that  have
been  surrendered  by  the  owner,  by  any  dog control officer, animal
control officer or peace officer acting pursuant to his or  her  special
duties,  or  police  officer  in  the employ of or under contract with a
municipality, or any duly incorporated society  for  the  prevention  of
cruelty  to  animals, duly incorporated humane society, pound or shelter
that is operated by or under contract to a municipality,  such  officer,
society, pound or shelter shall take steps to:
(a)  Check such animal for all forms of identification, including, but
not limited to, tags, microchips, tattoos or licenses; and
(b) If practicable and if the necessary technology and  equipment  are
available,  for  the  purposes  of this paragraph, make available to the
public on the internet on a website or social  media  maintained  by  or
otherwise  made  available to such officer, society, pound or shelter by
the municipal or county government in which such officer, society, pound
or shelter is located, a photograph, and a general  description  of  the
animal  to  assist  the owner or owners in finding the animal, including
the breed or breeds, if known.  Information  about  the  animal  may  be
withheld  if  deemed  appropriate  to  facilitate  finding  the owner or
otherwise protect the safety of the animal. The notice required by  this
paragraph  may  be  made  by means other than the internet if use of the
internet is impracticable.
2. No later than twenty-four hours or as soon as practicable after the
seizure or taking possession of such animal potentially identifiable  by
a form of identification, including a license, tag, tattoo or microchip,
or  records or reports that are readily available of animals reported to
be lost, reasonable efforts shall be made to identify and provide actual
notice to the owner of the animal by any means reasonably calculated  to
provide actual notice to the owner.
* NB There are 2 § 380's
2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26 - Animals › 381 - Prohibition of the Declawing of Cats.

§  381.  Prohibition  of  the  declawing  of  cats. 1. No person shall
  perform an onychectomy (declawing), partial or complete phalangectomy or
  tendonectomy procedure by any means on a cat within  the  state  of  New
  York,  except  when  necessary  for  a  therapeutic purpose. Therapeutic
  purpose means the necessity to address the physical medical condition of
  the cat, such as an existing or recurring illness,  infection,  disease,
  injury  or  abnormal  condition  in  the claw that compromises the cat's
  health. Therapeutic purpose  does  not  include  cosmetic  or  aesthetic
  reasons or reasons of convenience in keeping or handling the cat.
2.  Any  person  who  performs  an  onychectomy,  partial  or complete
  phalangectomy or tendonectomy procedure on any cat within the  state  of
  New  York  in  violation  of  the  provisions of subdivision one of this
  section shall be punishable  by  a  civil  penalty  not  to  exceed  one
  thousand dollars.