New York Considers Prohibiting Killing of Animals Used in Zoos, Carnivals, and Circuses

New York Assembly Bill 5776 would prohibit any person from “taking” any “animal that such person knows or has reason to know is presently or was formerly a part of a zoo, petting zoo, carnival, or circus; prohibit animal exhibitors from distributing animals “wherein such animal may be intentionally taken”; and prohibit facilities that allow the taking of animals from accepting or receiving “any animal such person knows or has reason to know is presently or was formerly a part of a zoo, petting zoo, carnival, or circus.”