New York A00633 amends the agriculture and markets law to require owners of slaughterhouses to reimburse costs for capturing and returning escaped.

New York A00633 amends the agriculture and markets law by adding a new section that requires the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with the capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals. For each incident involving an escaped animal, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars is assessed and donated to the municipal or county shelter of the city or county where the animal escaped. Alternatively, the owner may relinquish ownership of the escaped animal.

New York A00633 amends the agriculture and markets law to require owners of slaughterhouses to reimburse costs for capturing and returning escaped.

New York A00633 amends the agriculture and markets law by adding a new section that requires the owner of any place or establishment where animals or fowls are slaughtered or butchered for food to reimburse costs associated with the capture and return or rescue and rehabilitation of escaped animals. For each incident involving an escaped animal, a civil penalty of one thousand dollars is assessed and donated to the municipal or county shelter of the city or county where the animal escaped. Alternatively, the owner may relinquish ownership of the escaped animal.