1. No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner capture,
kill or attempt to capture or kill any Antwerp or homing pigeon, wearing
a ring or seamless leg band with its registered number stamped thereon;
nor shall any person remove such mark. No person except the lawful owner
shall detain, possess, or transport Antwerp or homing pigeons wearing a
ring or seamless leg band with the registered number thereon.
2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the local
legislative body of any city, town or village, or in the city of New
York the Department of Health may take or issue a permit to any person
to take pigeons at any time and in any humane manner in such
municipality, whenever such body or administration finds that pigeons
within such municipality are or may become a menace to public health or
a public nuisance; provided, however, that no pigeon may be taken in a
manner which will endanger other animal life, persons or property.
Structure New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife
11-0501 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program.
11-0503 - Polluting Streams Prohibited.
11-0505 - Interference With Fish and Wildlife.
11-0507 - Liberation of Fish, Shellfish and Wildlife.
11-0511 - Possession and Transportation of Wildlife.
11-0514 - Eurasian Boars Prohibited.
11-0515 - Licenses to Collect, Possess or Sell for Propagation, Scientific or Exhibition Purposes.
11-0517 - Taking for Propagation and Stocking; Fish Hindering Propagation of Food Fish or Shellfish.
11-0521 - Destructive Wildlife; Taking Pursuant to Permit.
11-0523 - Destructive or Menacing Wildlife; Taking Without Permit.
11-0524 - Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators.
11-0525 - Control of Rabies in Wildlife.
11-0527 - State Aid to Counties Participating in Control of Rabies in Wildlife.
11-0529 - Cats Hunting Birds; Dogs Pursuing Deer or Killing Other Wildlife in Certain Areas.
11-0531 - Bounties Prohibited.
11-0533 - Licensing of Guides.
11-0535 - Endangered and Threatened Species, Species of Special Concern.
11-0535-A - Illegal Ivory Articles and Rhinoceros Horns.
11-0535-B - Vulnerable Species.
11-0535-C - Endangered and Threatened Species Mitigation Bank Fund.
11-0536 - Sale of Certain Wild Animals or Wild Animal Products Prohibited.
11-0537 - Bald and Golden Eagles; Prohibited Acts.
11-0538 - Direct Contact Between Public and Big Cats Prohibited.
11-0539 - New York Natural Heritage Program.
11-0540 - Prohibition on Permits Authorizing the Use of Elephants in Entertainment Acts.