N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 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.