Amendment
2023
Enacts the shelter animal rescue act which requires the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to the euthanasia of such animal.
Add 374-a, Ag & Mkts L
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring the release of a shelter animal to a rescue group upon request of the rescue group prior to the euthanasia of such animal
Nathan J. Winograd
Executive Director
The No Kill Advocay Center
The No Kill Advocacy Center is the nation’s leading organization working to end the systematic killing of animals in shelters. We assist animal shelters in increasing placement rates, write animal protection legislation, and consult with government and private shelters worldwide.
The Director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, Nathan Winograd, advises that the amendment should go in the bill as follows:
It should be new Sec. 2 E.
Right after Sec. 2 D, the liability provision. Right before Sec. 3, the jurisdiction provision.
The transparency amendment to qualify non-profit rescue organizations reads as follows:
A rescue organization that receives an animal under this act shall report the disposition of each animal by verifiable electronic communication to a publicly accessible social media site of its organization within ten (10) days of said disposition, as follows: whether the animal was adopted, reclaimed, transferred to a shelter or rescue organization, died, lost/stolen, returned to field, placed in sanctuary care, or euthanized with identifying reason for said euthanasia.
If the animal remains in the custody or constructive custody of the rescue organization, such as in foster care, the rescue organization shall periodically, but no less than once per quarter, report that information by verifiable electronic communication to the same publicly accessible social media site.
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