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N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0513: Pigeons
Where this section sits in the code
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Article 11. Fish and Wildlife
- Title 5. Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea For Scientific or Propagation Purposes; Destructive Wildlife; Rabies Control; Guides; Endangered Species
§ 11-0513. Pigeons.
1. No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner capture,
kill or attempt to capture or kill any Antwerp or homing pigeon, wearing
a ring or seamless leg band with its registered number stamped thereon;
nor shall any person remove such mark. No person except the lawful owner
shall detain, possess, or transport Antwerp or homing pigeons wearing a
ring or seamless leg band with the registered number thereon.
2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the local
legislative body of any city, town or village, or in the city of New
York the Department of Health may take or issue a permit to any person
to take pigeons at any time and in any humane manner in such
municipality, whenever such body or administration finds that pigeons
within such municipality are or may become a menace to public health or
a public nuisance; provided, however, that no pigeon may be taken in a
manner which will endanger other animal life, persons or property.
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