Section 11-1904. Canned shoots prohibited  


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  • 1.  No  person  who  owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors
      non-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit:
        a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take  a
      live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:
        (1)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
      tied or hobbled;
        (2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal  that  is
      staked or attached to any object;
        (3)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
      confined in a box, pen,  cage  or  similar  container  of  ten  or  less
      contiguous acres from which there is no means for such mammal to escape;
        (4)  the  deliberate  release  of a non-native big game mammal that is
      confined in a box, pen,  cage  or  similar  container  of  ten  or  less
      contiguous  acres  in  the  presence  of  any person who is, or will be,
      shooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.
        b. For purposes of this section:
        (1) shooting shall mean the discharge of any type of  firearm  or  bow
      and arrow; and
        (2)  spearing shall mean the use of any hand or mechanically propelled
      single or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon.
        2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit:
        a. The lawful taking, hunting or trapping of an animal as provided  in
      this  chapter or other law, rule or regulation of the state of New York;
      or
        b. The lawful slaughtering of an animal as provided in the agriculture
      and markets law of New York state or as permitted by the  United  States
      Department of Agriculture; or
        c.  The  killing  of  an animal that is menacing in a manner likely to
      cause serious injury or death to human beings.