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NY S03828
Bill
Status
8/8/2019
Primary Sponsor
Jen Metzger
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AI Summary
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Requires animal housing facilities to provide regular diurnal light cycles using either natural or artificial light.
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Mandates pet dealers provide pregnant or nursing dogs with a separate space meeting housing standards in addition to a whelping box, with sufficient floor space for nursing and litter care.
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Requires primary enclosures and cages be cleaned daily and sanitized at least every two weeks using detergent and disinfectant solutions to remove excreta, feces, hair, dirt, and food waste.
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Requires isolation areas for sick animals to meet all housing requirements of the section and establish food receptacles must be sanitary.
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Establishes that pet dealers selling 25 or more dogs or cats per year from residential premises must provide annual veterinary examinations for all intact adult animals and requires regular grooming to prevent matting, overgrown nails, and pest infestation.
Legislative Description
Relates to the care of animals; requires regular diurnal light cycles of either natural or artificial light; requires separate space for pregnant or nursing dogs; requires sanitation of primary enclosures and cages; requires sanitary food receptacles; requires grooming.
Last Action
signed chap.149
8/8/2019