NYSentencing

§ 195.12 Harming an animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the 
         first degree.
 A  person  is  guilty  of harming an animal trained to aid a person with a
disability in the first degree when such person:
 1.  intentionally causes physical injury to such animal while it is in the
performance of aiding a person with a disability, and thereby renders  such
animal  permanently  incapable  of providing such aid to such person, or to
another person with a disability; or
 2.  intentionally  kills  such  animal  while  it is in the performance of
aiding a person with a disability.
 Harming  an  animal trained to aid a person with a disability in the first
degree is a class A misdemeanor.
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