Chester: Parrots will NOT be banned in CT town (and neither will chickens)

On January 19, George Sommers’ From the Parrot’s Beak reported:

Chester CT. parrots (and chickens) can stay: UPDATE: Last week’s column reported on a Chester CT man’s petition to ban “noisy fowl”, aimed at chickens but including parrots from the town.From Sally Murray, Town Secretary: “The scheduled public hearing of the Chester Planning & Zoning Commission for Monday, February 4, 2013, at Valley Regional High School in Deep River to hear the Petition submitted by John S. and Bonnie B. Bennet to amend the Town of Chester Zoning Regulations Section: Definitions, ‘Livestock’ and Section 40R, Animals, has been CANCELED due to the fact the petitioners have withdrawn their petition.” Thanks to Dr. Amy Hopkins of Connecticut’s The Parrot Club.

Sighting in Far Rockaway

“Today I saw 3 parrots in my backyard, the tails were blue and body was green. I have a bird feeder so it does draw a lot of birds, but this was the FIRST time for a parrot!! I tried to get a picture but I’m just too slow. My husband also saw them, one flew right over his head! I hope they come back, I’m keeping my camera by my window.”

NYS Assembly Member sponsors Monk Parakeet Protection Act

Barry Schwartz reports:

NYS Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal of Manhattan has stepped up once again and has become the long-awaited Assembly sponsor of the proposed Monk Parakeet Protection Act. This is now Bill No. A08526, as the NYS Senate counterpart is S01246, which has been sponsored for several months now by NYS Senator Joe Addabbo.

A Step Closer to Legalization in New Hampshire

On May 9th, George Sommers reported in the Boston edition of  The Examiner:

“Quaker parrots may become legal to own in NH, pending the signature of Gov. John Lynchon a biil just passed by the state senate. They had been officially and legally banned for years but many pet stores and parrot owners unwittingly violated the obscure law. A phone inquiry by a well meaning NH Quaker owner stirred up a legal tempest.”

New Hampshire Ruling Ties to Issue of “Feral” Parrots

This week’s Examiner post from George Sommers:

Good or bad news for New Hampshire Quaker parrots, depending on your perspective. On Tuesday, 3/22, the NH House of Reps. Fish & Game Committee voted 12-1 in favor of  “grandfathering” current Quaker owners; but no more selling, breeding or bringing the birds into the state. This bill replaces an outright ban bill, potentially forcing current owners to “rehome” their pets. Quaker ownership is already technically illegal in the Granite State, based on fears that the adaptable birds could go feral as they have elsewhere; potentially harmng crops and electrical wires (where they sometimes build nests) and/or native wildlife. The current law has been seldom, if ever enforced. Many NH pet stores openly sold Quakers – until a recent phone inquiry. Despite the less-than-satisfactory outcome for parrot lovers, Rep. Jeanine Notter and others vow to press on for full legality. For further info…

Update on Parrot Bill – Can You Help?

From Barry and Gail Schwartz of Feathered Friends Parrot Adoption Services:

Below is the text to S01246, the NY State Senate version of the Monk Parakeet Protection Act. This proposed legislation needs a sponsor in the State Assembly. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can personally approach your local State Assembly Member and ask if she or he would be willing to sponsor this legislation. Thanks.
Barry

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

1246

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

I N  S E N A T E

January 6, 2011
___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO — read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
enacting the “monk parakeet protection act”

THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1    Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature  finds  that  the  monk
2  parakeet  has  been existing in a wild, undomesticated state in New York
3  since the late 1960s. The ancestors of the current flocks  are  believed
4  to  have  been imported legally into the United States from their native
5  land in Argentina. Since then, monk parakeets have established  colonies
6  in  parts  of New York city and lower Westchester county. Their colonies
7  are small, and the population of  monk  parakeets  seems  to  be  rather
8  stabilized  over  the past 20 years. It is estimated that there are less
9  than 1,000 wild monk parakeets in the state  of  New  York.  Reports  of
10  poaching  and  less than humane regard for nesting sites have led to the
11  need for formal protection of this species, which is recognized as  non-
12  native,  but  not  currently  categorized  as invasive, according to the
13  report Regulatory System  for  Non-native  Species  (New  York  Invasive
14  Species  Council, 2010).  The purpose of this act is to protect the wild
15  monk parakeet (a/k/a Quaker parakeet),  the  parrot  species  Myiopsitta
16  monachus,  living  in  a wild state in various parts of the state of New
17  York. This act shall  also  provide  humane  methods  of  relocation  or
18  removal,  especially where threat to human life, private or public prop-
19  erty, or agricultural concerns, are imminent.
20    S 2. This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  “monk  parakeet
21  protection act.”
22    S  3.  Article  11 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
23  adding a new title 27 to read as follows:
24                                   TITLE 27
25                        MONK PARAKEET PROTECTION ACT

EXPLANATION–Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02027-01-1
S. 1246                             2

1  SECTION 11-2701. DEFINITIONS.
2          11-2703. MONK PARAKEETS; PROTECTION.
3  S 11-2701. DEFINITIONS.
4    FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
5  ING MEANINGS:
6    1. “QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL” SHALL MEAN A PERSON OR PERSONS WITH EITHER A
7  DEGREE  IN  EARTH,  BIOLOGICAL  OR  NATURAL SCIENCES, INCLUDING GEOLOGY,
8  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, OR A  SPECIALIZATION  IN  ORNI-
9  THOLOGY;
10    2.  “WILD MONK PARAKEET” SHALL MEAN A MONK PARAKEET THAT WAS BORN IN A
11  NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT HUMAN AID OR INTERVENTION, AND RAISED BY ITS
12  OWN PARENTS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY  TO  ANY  MONK
13  PARAKEET  THAT IS BANDED BY A BREEDER AND PREVIOUSLY EXISTED IN A DOMES-
14  TIC SITUATION AS A PET;
15    3. “QUALIFIED DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY” SHALL MEAN EITHER A STATE
16  AGENCY WITH QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, OR AN ORGANIZATION WITH  MEMBERS  WHO
17  HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION
18  OF PARROTS OR WILD BIRDS, AND HAVE AT LEAST TWO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS AS
19  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION. THE QUALIFIED DESIGNATED
20  AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL BE AFFILIATED WITH ONE OR MORE AVIAN  VETERINA-
21  RIANS; AND
22    4.  “BREEDING  SEASON”  SHALL  MEAN THE PERIOD OF TIME BEGINNING APRIL
23  FIRST AND ENDING OCTOBER FIRST OF A CALENDAR YEAR.
24  S 11-2703. MONK PARAKEETS; PROTECTION.
25    1. NO PERSON SHALL CAPTURE OR HARM A MONK PARAKEET  CHICK,  FLEDGLING,
26  OR  ADULT, OR TAKE OR SELL ITS EGGS, TO ANY RETAIL OR PRIVATE ESTABLISH-
27  MENT OR CONCERN.
28    2. NO PERSON SHALL REMOVE THE NEST OF A MONK PARAKEET, UNLESS THERE IS
29  A DOCUMENTED AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE
30  PROPERTY.
31    3. THE COLLECTION OF EGGS, CHICKS, FLEDGLINGS, OR ADULT MONK PARAKEETS
32  SHALL  BE  DONE ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DESIGNATED AND QUALIFIED
33  INDIVIDUAL OR EXPERT.
34    4. THE REMOVAL OF THE NEST OF A MONK  PARAKEET,  IF  NECESSARY,  SHALL
35  OCCUR OUTSIDE OF BREEDING SEASON, UNLESS THERE IS A DOCUMENTED AND IMME-
36  DIATE THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
37    5.  THE  STATE  OR  A QUALIFIED DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL BE
38  NOTIFIED AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF ANY  PROPOSAL  TO  REMOVE  THE
39  NEST OF A MONK PARAKEET. THE DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL PROPOSE
40  ALTERNATIVE  ACTIONS, AND SHALL SUPERVISE ANY NEST REMOVALS IF AN ALTER-
41  NATIVE PLAN IS NOT POSSIBLE.
42    6. PRIVATE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, UTILITY COMPANIES, AND GOVERN-
43  MENTAL AGENCIES, SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPLY AND ERECT ALTERNATIVE
44  NESTING PLATFORMS WHERE REASONABLY POSSIBLE, IF  CURRENT  MONK  PARAKEET
45  NESTING  SITES  HAVE  BEEN  DEMONSTRATED  TO  BE A THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE,
46  PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, OR AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS.  EXAMPLE PLANS AND
47  DRAWINGS FOR NESTING PLATFORMS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC  ON
48  THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
49    7.  IF  AN  EFFORT  TO PROVIDE MONK PARAKEETS WITH ALTERNATIVE NESTING
50  PLATFORMS FAILS OR PROVES TO  BE  UNSUCCESSFUL,  AN  ENTITY  MAY  EMPLOY
51  HUMANE  MEANS  TO  REMOVE  AND  EUTHANIZE MONK PARAKEETS, ONLY AS A LAST
52  RESORT. ALL OTHER METHODS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE NESTING  OPTIONS  SHALL
53  BE  FIRST  EXHAUSTED.  SUCH  ENTITY  SHALL  DEMONSTRATE  IN  WRITING AND
54  DOCUMENTATION THAT ALL EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES HAVE FAILED,  AND
55  SHALL  OUTLINE  THE  METHOD  BY  WHICH EUTHANASIA SHALL BE APPLIED. SUCH
S. 1246                             3

1  ENTITY SHALL ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A DOCUMENTED  AND  IMMEDIATE
2  THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
3    8. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:
4    A. THE USE OF CARBON MONOXIDE OR ANY OTHER GAS OR VAPOR AS A METHOD OF
5  EUTHANASIA IS PROHIBITED;
6    B.  THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FORM OF EUTHANASIA SHALL BE BY INJECTION OF AN
7  ANESTHETIC OR ANESTHETIC MIXTURE WHICH  CAUSES  IMMEDIATE  AND  PAINLESS
8  CESSATION OF PULMONARY AND CORONARY FUNCTION; AND
9    C. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE EUTHANASIA PROCEDURE SHALL BE
10  DONE  BY  A  LICENSED  VETERINARIAN,  VETERINARY ASSISTANT OR VETERINARY
11  TECHNICIAN.
12    9. THE DEPARTMENT MAY DESIGNATE A QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION TO CARRY  OUT
13  THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
14    10.  A  QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE
15  OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO  REASONABLE  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR
16  EXPENSES IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEST REMOVAL, FROM ANY ENTITY SO REQUESTING
17  THE SERVICES OF SUCH QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. THE REQUESTING ENTITY SHALL
18  PROVIDE,  AND  OPERATE,  ALL NECESSARY HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUCKET
19  LIFTS OR TRUCKS. IN ADDITION, ALL EXPENSES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
20  USE OF VETERINARY SERVICES FOR EUTHANASIA  SHALL  BE  IMMEDIATELY  REIM-
21  BURSED TO THE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN BY THE REQUESTING ENTITY.
22    11. ANY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE A MISDEMEA-
23  NOR.
24    S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
25  have become a law.

Wild Parrot Legislation Update

NYS Assembly Member Rosenthal has now introduced the legislation into the State Assembly on 1/11/11. The bill numbers in the Assembly are:

A01767 Relates to the sale of birds by pet dealers (and referred to the Assembly Agriculture Committee)
A01718 Makes Monk (Quaker) parakeets protected birds (referred to the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee)

So, as you are doing with the letters to the State Senate, please do so now to your local State Assembly member, with copies to Assembly Members Rosenthal, Magee, and Sweeney (not to Pheffer for now).

We have been asked, who do we write to?

Write a friendly letter of support for now to:

NY State Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr., 159-53 102nd Street, Howard Beach, NY 11414.
Also, write to your local NY State Senator, whomever that may be.

As of today, the new Chairs of the State Senate Agriculture and Environmental Conservation Committees have not yet been named. Once they’ve been named, we will let you know.

As far as the State Assembly is concerned, please write a friendly and supportive letter to:
Hon. Linda B. Rosenthal, 230 West 72nd St., 2nd Fl., Suite 2F, New York, NY 10023, and ask her to reintroduce and support A7688A (Makes Monk Parakeets protected birds) and A7694C (the sale of birds in pet shops).

You should send copies of the letter you send to Assembly Member Rosenthal to:
Hon. William Magee, Chair NYS Assembly Agriculture Committee, 214 Farrier Ave., Oneida, NY 13421
Hon. Audrey Pheffer, Chair, Assembly Consumer Affairs Comm., 108-14 Crossbay Blvd., Ozone Park, NY 11417
Hon. Robert Sweeney, Chair, Assembly Environmental Conservation Comm., 640 West Montauk Hwy., Lindenhurst, NY 11757-3708.

Passage of this legislation in the State Senate and Assembly is dependent on public support. Please, take a just a few moments to write some letters. It does make a difference if our elected officials receive correspondence regarding these bills.

Some Positive Press from the Queens Tribune on Parrot Bill

Parrot Bill Not Seen As Bird-Brained

By DOMENICK RAFTER

Some state legislators and activists are working together to gain protected status for a popular species of parrot that is native to South America and has made a home for itself here in Queens. read more…

Monk Parakeet Protection Act Introduced Yesterday

This just in from Barry & Gayle Schwartz of
Feathered Friends Parrot Adoption Services, Inc.:

Friends, here it is, introduced yesterday, May 17th, in Albany, the Monk Parakeet Protection Act. Totally revised from last year’s bill (S4131), now a separate proposed Act within the suite of Environmental Conservation Laws. It still helps to write to State Sen. Antoine Thompson with your support. We are expecting a similar item to be introduced in the State Assembly soon.

Sponsor:

Committee: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law

S7850 Summary

Enacts the “monk parakeet protection act”.
Act: AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the “monk parakeet protection act”

S7850 Actions

S7850 – REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION – May 17, 2010
S7850 Memo

Not Available.
S7850 Text

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

7850

I N S E N A T E

May 17, 2010
___________

Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO — read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
enacting the “monk parakeet protection act”

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that the monk
2 parakeet has been existing in a wild, undomesticated state in New York
3 since the late 1960s. The ancestors of the current flocks are believed
4 to have been imported legally into the United States from their native
5 land in Argentina. Since then, monk parakeets have established colonies
6 in parts of New York city and lower Westchester county. Their colonies
7 are small, and the population of monk parakeets seems to be rather
8 stabilized over the past 20 years. It is estimated that there are less
9 than 1,000 wild monk parakeets in the state of New York. Reports of
10 poaching and less than humane regard for nesting sites have led to the
11 need for formal protection of this species, which is recognized as non-
12 native, but not currently categorized as invasive, according to the
13 report Regulatory System for Non-native Species (New York Invasive
14 Species Council, 2010). The purpose of this act is to protect the wild
15 monk parakeet (a/k/a Quaker parakeet), the parrot species Myiopsitta
16 monachus, living in a wild state in various parts of the state of New
17 York. This act shall also provide humane methods of relocation or
18 removal, especially where threat to human life, private or public prop-
19 erty, or agricultural concerns, are imminent.
20 S 2. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “monk parakeet
21 protection act.”
22 S 3. Article 11 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
23 adding a new title 27 to read as follows:
24 TITLE 27
25 MONK PARAKEET PROTECTION ACT
26 SECTION 11-2701. DEFINITIONS.
27 11-2703. MONK PARAKEETS; PROTECTION.
28 S 11-2701. DEFINITIONS.

EXPLANATION–Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17343-01-0

S. 7850 2

1 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
2 ING MEANINGS:
3 1. “QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL” SHALL MEAN A PERSON OR PERSONS WITH EITHER A
4 DEGREE IN EARTH, BIOLOGICAL OR NATURAL SCIENCES, INCLUDING GEOLOGY,
5 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, OR A SPECIALIZATION IN ORNI-
6 THOLOGY;
7 2. “WILD MONK PARAKEET” SHALL MEAN A MONK PARAKEET THAT WAS BORN IN A
8 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT HUMAN AID OR INTERVENTION, AND RAISED BY ITS
9 OWN PARENTS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY MONK
10 PARAKEET THAT IS BANDED BY A BREEDER AND PREVIOUSLY EXISTED IN A DOMES-
11 TIC SITUATION AS A PET;
12 3. “QUALIFIED DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY” SHALL MEAN EITHER A STATE
13 AGENCY WITH QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, OR AN ORGANIZATION WITH MEMBERS WHO
14 HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION
15 OF PARROTS OR WILD BIRDS, AND HAVE AT LEAST TWO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS AS
16 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. THE QUALIFIED DESIGNATED
17 AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL BE AFFILIATED WITH ONE OR MORE AVIAN VETERINA-
18 RIANS; AND
19 4. “BREEDING SEASON” SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD OF TIME BEGINNING APRIL
20 FIRST AND ENDING OCTOBER FIRST OF A CALENDAR YEAR.
21 S 11-2703. MONK PARAKEETS; PROTECTION.
22 1. NO PERSON SHALL CAPTURE OR HARM A MONK PARAKEET CHICK, FLEDGLING,
23 OR ADULT, OR TAKE OR SELL ITS EGGS, TO ANY RETAIL OR PRIVATE ESTABLISH-
24 MENT OR CONCERN.
25 2. NO PERSON SHALL REMOVE THE NEST OF A MONK PARAKEET, UNLESS THERE IS
26 A DOCUMENTED AND IMMEDIATE THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
27 PROPERTY.
28 3. THE COLLECTION OF EGGS, CHICKS, FLEDGLINGS, OR ADULT MONK PARAKEETS
29 SHALL BE DONE ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DESIGNATED AND QUALIFIED
30 INDIVIDUAL OR EXPERT.
31 4. THE REMOVAL OF THE NEST OF A MONK PARAKEET, IF NECESSARY, SHALL
32 OCCUR OUTSIDE OF BREEDING SEASON, UNLESS THERE IS A DOCUMENTED AND IMME-
33 DIATE THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
34 5. THE STATE OR A QUALIFIED DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL BE
35 NOTIFIED AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE OF ANY PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE
36 NEST OF A MONK PARAKEET. THE DESIGNATED AGENT OR AUTHORITY SHALL PROPOSE
37 ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS, AND SHALL SUPERVISE ANY NEST REMOVALS IF AN ALTER-
38 NATIVE PLAN IS NOT POSSIBLE.
39 6. PRIVATE COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, UTILITY COMPANIES, AND GOVERN-
40 MENTAL AGENCIES, SHALL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPLY AND ERECT ALTERNATIVE
41 NESTING PLATFORMS WHERE REASONABLY POSSIBLE, IF CURRENT MONK PARAKEET
42 NESTING SITES HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED TO BE A THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE,
43 PRIVATE OR PUBLIC PROPERTY, OR AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS. EXAMPLE PLANS AND
44 DRAWINGS FOR NESTING PLATFORMS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON
45 THE OFFICIAL WEBPAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
46 7. IF AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE MONK PARAKEETS WITH ALTERNATIVE NESTING
47 PLATFORMS FAILS OR PROVES TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL, AN ENTITY MAY EMPLOY
48 HUMANE MEANS TO REMOVE AND EUTHANIZE MONK PARAKEETS, ONLY AS A LAST
49 RESORT. ALL OTHER METHODS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE NESTING OPTIONS SHALL
50 BE FIRST EXHAUSTED. SUCH ENTITY SHALL DEMONSTRATE IN WRITING AND
51 DOCUMENTATION THAT ALL EFFORTS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES HAVE FAILED, AND
52 SHALL OUTLINE THE METHOD BY WHICH EUTHANASIA SHALL BE APPLIED. SUCH
53 ENTITY SHALL ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS A DOCUMENTED AND IMMEDIATE
54 THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE OR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY.
55 8. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:

S. 7850 3

1 A. THE USE OF CARBON MONOXIDE OR ANY OTHER GAS OR VAPOR AS A METHOD OF
2 EUTHANASIA IS PROHIBITED;
3 B. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FORM OF EUTHANASIA SHALL BE BY INJECTION OF AN
4 ANESTHETIC OR ANESTHETIC MIXTURE WHICH CAUSES IMMEDIATE AND PAINLESS
5 CESSATION OF PULMONARY AND CORONARY FUNCTION; AND
6 C. ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION OF THE EUTHANASIA PROCEDURE SHALL BE
7 DONE BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN, VETERINARY ASSISTANT OR VETERINARY
8 TECHNICIAN.
9 9. THE DEPARTMENT MAY DESIGNATE A QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION TO CARRY OUT
10 THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
11 10. A QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION NINE
12 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REASONABLE REIMBURSEMENT FOR
13 EXPENSES IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEST REMOVAL, FROM ANY ENTITY SO REQUESTING
14 THE SERVICES OF SUCH QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION. THE REQUESTING ENTITY SHALL
15 PROVIDE, AND OPERATE, ALL NECESSARY HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUCKET
16 LIFTS OR TRUCKS. IN ADDITION, ALL EXPENSES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
17 USE OF VETERINARY SERVICES FOR EUTHANASIA SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REIM-
18 BURSED TO THE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN BY THE REQUESTING ENTITY.
19 11. ANY VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE A MISDEMEA-
20 NOR.
21 S 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.

Quaker Resolution Re-introduced

This just in:

“The Quaker Resolution was re-introduced at today’s [May 12th] City Council meeting and referred to the City Council Environmental Protection Committee. Please write or e-mail Council Member James Gennaro, Chair of Environmental Protection Committee, and urge him kindly to consider this resolution and pass it through Committee as soon as possible. His address is: 185-10 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366, fax 718-217-4968, email. With a little effort, we can get this passed this year!”

The “Librarian” (that’s me) suggests you can follow the official progress of the bill from this link…

Res 0223-2010 By Council Member Palma.

Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to amend Article 11 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law to add Quaker parrots to the list of “protected birds,” which will oblige the City to take all possible steps to humanely relocate Quaker parrots that have nested on city-owned properties that are slated for demolition or removal or where other projects require removal of the birds. Environmental Protection