N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 332: Disposition

§ 332. Disposition. Any person having in his or her care, custody, or

control any abandoned animal, as defined in section three hundred

thirty-one of this article, may deliver such animal to any duly

incorporated society for the prevention of cruelty to animals or any

duly incorporated humane society having facilities for the care and

eventual disposition of such animals, or, in the case of dogs, cats and

other small animals, to any pound maintained by or under contract or

agreement with any county, city, town, or village within which such

animal was abandoned. The person with whom the animal was abandoned

shall, however, on the day of divesting himself or herself of possession

thereof, notify the person who had placed such animal in his or her

custody of the name and address of the animal society or pound to which

the animal has been delivered, such notice to be by registered letter

mailed to the last known address of the person intended to be so

notified. If an animal is not claimed by its owner within five days

after being so delivered to such duly incorporated society for the

prevention of cruelty to animals, duly incorporated humane society or

pound, such animal may at any time thereafter be placed for adoption in

a suitable home or euthanized in accordance with the provisions of

section three hundred seventy-four of this chapter. In no event,

however, shall the use of a decompression chamber or decompression

device of any kind be used for the purpose of destroying or disposing of

such animal.