What's happening
This bill requires humane treatment of nuisance wildlife, mandates written estimates from control operators, and establishes complaint record-keeping and new regulations.
Why it matters
Prioritizes humane treatment and welfare of wildlife. by requiring non-lethal solutions unless they pose a risk to public health or safety, and mandates efforts to minimize animal suffering, stress, and family separation during control operations.
Enhances consumer protection and transparency. by obligating wildlife control operators to provide clients with written assessments, method descriptions, and fee estimates before starting any control work, helping property owners make informed decisions.
Improves accountability and oversight. by requiring the Department of Environmental Conservation to maintain a five-year record of complaints against wildlife control operators, including documentation of how each complaint was handled.
Empowers regulatory action. by explicitly granting the department authority to create and update rules and regulations to enforce these new standards, potentially leading to ongoing improvements in wildlife management practices.
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Protect Wildlife, Ensure Public Safety
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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
594
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to protecting wildlife while maintaining public safety
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 11-0524 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding four new subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
6. If an animal is killed, it shall be done in a manner that avoids unnecessary suffering for the animal while protecting public safety. Non-lethal methods of resolving nuisance wildlife problems, including disposition of the animals, shall be utilized unless contrary to public health and safety or prohibited by law. Captured wildlife shall be transported in such a manner so as to minimize stress to the animal, exposure to the elements, and potential hazard to the public. Reasonable efforts should be made to preserve family units. Dependent young wildlife shall not be abandoned in a structure or left without provision for care during or after the removal of wildlife.
7. Before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control measures, a nuisance wildlife control operator shall provide, to the client, in writing, the following: (a) an assessment of the problem, including identification of possible causes of the problem; (b) the methods and practices that may be used to resolve the problem including, but not limited to, disposition to be made of the animal; and (c) an estimate of the fee to be charged.
8. The department shall keep a record, for no less than five years, of any written or oral complaints received by the department against a nuisance wildlife control operator and shall document action taken by the department in response to the complaint.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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9. The department is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the three hundred sixty-fifth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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