N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 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.