Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553
Section 11-1904 - Canned shoots prohibited1. No person who owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors non-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit: a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take a live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means: (1) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is tied or hobbled;(2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is staked or attached to any object;(3) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is confined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less contiguous acres from which there is no means for such mammal to escape;(4) the deliberate release of a non-native big game mammal that is confined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less contiguous acres in the presence of any person who is, or will be, shooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.b. For purposes of this section: (1) shooting shall mean the discharge of any type of firearm or bow and arrow; and(2) spearing shall mean the use of any hand or mechanically propelled single or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon.2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit: a. The lawful taking, hunting or trapping of an animal as provided in this chapter or other law, rule or regulation of the state of New York; or b.The lawful slaughtering of an animal as provided in the agriculture and markets law of New York state or as permitted by the United States Department of Agriculture; orc.The killing of an animal that is menacing in a manner likely to cause serious injury or death to human beings.N.Y. Envtl. Conserv. Law § 11-1904