Creates a task force on animal laws; requires reporting to the governor and legislature of recommendations on how to increase statewide uniformity of such.
Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs; prohibits tethering under cruel or inhumane conditions, including during dangerous weather conditions when a weather alert, advisory or warning is in effect; provides for civil penalties for violations.
Creates a task force on animal laws; requires reporting to the governor and legislature of recommendations on how to increase statewide uniformity of such.
Relates to outdoor restraints of dogs; prohibits tethering under cruel or inhumane conditions, including during dangerous weather conditions when a weather alert, advisory or warning is in effect; provides for civil penalties for violations.
Criminalizes knowingly causing a minor to attend a place where exhibition of animal fighting is being conducted, establishes such offense is considered a misdemeanor.
Increases certain penalties for violating the prohibition of animal fighting and for aggravated cruelty to animals; requires a psychiatric evaluation for defendants convicted of aggravated cruelty to animals.
Prohibits the operation of establishments where animals and/or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food; establishes a task force on public health risks and animal welfare concerns of slaughterhouses.
Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities.
Directs the commissioners of agriculture and markets and economic development to study and develop a long-term strategy for sustaining farming and food production in New York state; bases such strategy on an analysis of land use and economic trends, soil and natural resources, food consumption needs and other factors necessary to develop a state-level blueprint for protecting farmland and strengthening food production in the state.