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.”
New York Considers Prohibiting Killing of Animals Used in Zoos, Carnivals, and Circuses
Excerpt from Animal Law Digest: United States Edition: Issue 74