N.Y. Penal Law § 195.11: Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree

§ 195.11 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in

the second degree.

A person is guilty of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a

disability in the second degree when such person intentionally causes

physical injury to such animal while it is in the performance of aiding

a person with a disability, and thereby renders such animal incapable of

providing such aid to such person, or to another person with a

disability.

For purposes of this section and section 195.12 of this article, the

term "disability" means "disability" as defined in subdivision

twenty-one of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.

Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the

second degree is a class B misdemeanor.