Bill to Include Wildlife in Felony Animal Cruelty Law

SUPPORT A. 6077 AND S. 2425 TO INCLUDE WILDLIFE IN FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY LAW

Two swans were fatally beaten and stabbed in the Bronx. A Canadian goose was strangled in Hamburg. A red hawk was set on fire, tied to a bicycle and dragged down the street on Long Island. A baby goose was beaten to death with a hockey stick in Potsdam. Birds were trapped and crushed to death on Long Island. In West Eaton, state highway workers reported seeing a car speed up and swerve to hit a fawn, while the occupants of the car were laughing as they sped by. In Staten Island, a peacock was beaten to death.
New York’s felony animal cruelty law did not apply to any of this cruelty since the animals tortured were not companion animals.
A. 6077, introduced by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, and S. 2425, introduced by Senator Frank Padavan, would expand New York’s felony animal cruelty law by making it applicable to wildlife.

CONTACT THE LEGISLATORS LISTED BELOW AND URGE THEM TO SUPPORT A. 6077 and S. 2425
For A.6077:
Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, Assembly Speaker. Telephone: 212-312-1420 or 518-455-3791; Fax: 518-455-5459; E-mail: speaker@assembly.state.ny.us; Address: 932 LOB, Albany, NY 12248
Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Chair of the Codes Committee. Telephone: 518-455-4477; Fax: 518-455-4599; E-mail: lentolj@assembly.state.ny.us; Address: 632 LOB, Albany, NY 12248
Assemblyman William Magee, Chair of the Agriculture Committee. Telephone: 518-455-4807; Fax: 518-455-5237; E-mail: mageew@assembly.state.ny.us; Address: 828 LOB, Albany, NY
Your local assemblyperson. If you do not know the name of or contact information for your NYS asssemblymember, go www.assembly.state.ny.us. In your letter, fax, call, or e-mail, please mention that you are a constituent and include your address in written correspondence.
For S. 2425:
Senator Malcolm Smith, Senate Majority Leader. Telephone: 518-455-2761; Fax: 518-455-2816; E-mail: masmith@senate.state.ny.us; Address: 909 LOB, Albany, NY 12247
Senator Darrel Aubertine, Chair of the Agriculture Committee. Telephone: 518-455-2761; Fax: 518-426-6946; E-mail: aubertin@senate.state.ny.us; Address: 903 LOB, Albany, NY 12247
Your local NYS Senator. If you do not know the name of or contact information for your NYS senator, go to www.senate.state.ny.us. In your letter, fax, call, or e-mail, please mention that you are a constituent and include your address in written correspondence.
Tell the legislators that you want them to support A.6077 and S. 2425. You may wish to mention:
There have been many documented cases of sadistic cruelty to wildlife. There is no justification to exclude wildlife from New York’s felony animal cruelty law. Wildlife is particularly vulnerable. These animals are outdoors, unsupervised, and at the mercy of all of us
Felony cases are given much more attention by our courts and the penalties are greater than in misdemeanor cases
There is a nexus between cruelty to animals and violent crimes against people Thanks for your help!