N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0525: Control of rabies in wildlife

§ 11-0525. Control of rabies in wildlife.

1. Whenever the disease rabies occurs in any area of the state and the

infection of wild foxes or other wildlife populations is certified to

exist therein by the joint determination of the Departments of Health,

Agriculture and Markets and Environmental Conservation, and

certification is made to the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation

by the Commissioners of Health and of Agriculture and Markets that the

health and welfare of the human population or the health and welfare of

domestic livestock are in danger therefrom, the department is thereupon

authorized and directed to undertake through the use of professional

trappers or by other means such fox control or wildlife control measures

in the certified area as in its judgment will eliminate, reduce or

confine the disease.

2. Such control measures shall be continued until the Commissioners of

Health, Agriculture and Markets and Environmental Conservation shall

jointly determine that control measures should be terminated.

3. Necessary expenses for such control work shall be financed by

moneys made available by appropriation or otherwise to the department

out of moneys in the state treasury, in the general fund, to the credit

of the state purpose fund not otherwise appropriated.