N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 96-d: Application of article

§ 96-d. Application of article. Except for the absolute prohibition

against the slaughtering or butchering of domesticated dog and

domesticated cat to create food, meat, meat by-products or meat food

products for human or animal consumption contained in this article which

shall continue to apply notwithstanding the following exclusions from

this article, the remaining provisions of this article shall not apply

to (a) any bona fide farmer who butchers his own domestic animals or

fowl on his farm exclusively for use by him and members of his household

and his non-paying guests and employees, or (b) any custom slaughterer,

(as used in this section, "custom slaughterer" means a person, firm,

corporation or association who or which operates a place or

establishment where animals are delivered by the owner thereof for

slaughter exclusively for use, in the household of such owner, by him,

and members of his household and his non-paying guests and employees,

provided, that such custom slaughterer does not engage in the business

of buying or selling any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat

products of any animal), or (c) any person who slaughters not more than

two hundred fifty turkeys or an equivalent number of birds of all other

species raised by him on his own farm during the calendar year for which

an exemption is sought (four birds of other species shall be deemed the

equivalent of one turkey), provided that such person does not engage in

buying or selling poultry products other than those produced from

poultry raised on his own farm, or (d) any person who donates, and any

charitable or not-for-profit organization that possesses, prepares or

serves game or wild game pursuant to section 11-0917 of the

environmental conservation law (and any person who processes game or

wild game on behalf of such donor).