N.Y. Penal Law Section 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 Executive Law § 292 (Definitions)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.

Source: Section 195.11 — Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the second degree, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PEN/195.­11 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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