New York Canned Hunting Statutes and Regulations

No Ban: Mammals permitted.

Statute

New York statutes state that "no person who owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors nonnative big game mammals shall knowingly permit...the taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take a live non-native big game mammal...by shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is tied or hobbled...staked or attached to any object...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..." E.C.L. 11-1904(a)(1-4).

This statute does not prohibit canned hunting of native big game mammals nor does it prohibit the canned hunting of non-native big game mammals if the animal is maintained in an area larger than 10 acres.

Regulation

New York law requires a license to operate a game breeding facility and shooting preserve. All persons holding such a license "shall keep a continuous record of their operations and furnish an annual report to the department not later than April fifth of each year." New York Fish and Wildlife Regulations §153.1(a).

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