New York · Through 2026-09-11

N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0521: Destructive wildlife; taking pursuant to permit

§ 11-0521. Destructive wildlife; taking pursuant to permit.
  1. The department may direct any environmental conservation officer,
or issue a permit to any person, to take any wildlife at any time
whenever it becomes a nuisance, destructive to public or private
property or a threat to public health or welfare, provided, however,
that where such wildlife is a bear, no such permit shall be issued
except upon proof of damage to such property or threat to public health
or safety presented to the department. Upon presentation of such proof,
the department may issue a permit authorizing the use of trained
tracking dogs pursuant to section 11-0928 of this article, and, if the
department has determined that no other alternative is feasible, a
separate permit to take the bear. Wildlife so taken shall be disposed of
as the department may direct. Any person, agency, corporation or
municipality who obtains a migratory bird depredation permit or order
issued by the federal department of the interior pursuant to 50 C.F.R.
13 and 50 C.F.R. 21, as may be amended from time to time, shall not be
required to obtain a permit from the department to conduct the
authorized activities.
  2. The department may, by permit issued to a landowner, permit such
landowner, and any person he may designate in writing as his agent, to
take beaver on lands owned by the permittee, during any specified
period, in any specified number, and by any specified means,
notwithstanding the provision contained in paragraph d of subdivision 3
of section 11-0901 or any other provision of the Fish and Wildlife Law.
Beaver so taken shall be disposed of as the department may direct.
  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring or
obligating the department to issue a permit to take wildlife or to
direct the taking of any wildlife when in its opinion the nuisance,
destruction of property or threat to public health and welfare will not
be effectively abated thereby.

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

§ 11-0521. Destructive wildlife; taking pursuant to permit.

1. The department may direct any environmental conservation officer,

or issue a permit to any person, to take any wildlife at any time

whenever it becomes a nuisance, destructive to public or private

property or a threat to public health or welfare, provided, however,

that where such wildlife is a bear, no such permit shall be issued

except upon proof of damage to such property or threat to public health

or safety presented to the department. Upon presentation of such proof,

the department may issue a permit authorizing the use of trained

tracking dogs pursuant to section 11-0928 of this article, and, if the

department has determined that no other alternative is feasible, a

separate permit to take the bear. Wildlife so taken shall be disposed of

as the department may direct. Any person, agency, corporation or

municipality who obtains a migratory bird depredation permit or order

issued by the federal department of the interior pursuant to 50 C.F.R.

13 and 50 C.F.R. 21, as may be amended from time to time, shall not be

required to obtain a permit from the department to conduct the

authorized activities.

2. The department may, by permit issued to a landowner, permit such

landowner, and any person he may designate in writing as his agent, to

take beaver on lands owned by the permittee, during any specified

period, in any specified number, and by any specified means,

notwithstanding the provision contained in paragraph d of subdivision 3

of section 11-0901 or any other provision of the Fish and Wildlife Law.

Beaver so taken shall be disposed of as the department may direct.

3. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring or

obligating the department to issue a permit to take wildlife or to

direct the taking of any wildlife when in its opinion the nuisance,

destruction of property or threat to public health and welfare will not

be effectively abated thereby.

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