Category Archives: Animal Law

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), “service animals” are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual or other mental disability. Recent Posts

A retired New York State Police K-9 dog, attacked the plaintiff’s dog. Plaintiff sued the dog’s owner for damages. While the dog received “handler protection” training, where it is trained to react to an aggressive attack on defendant while on duty, it acted in passive role as an explosive detection dog. Plaintiff argued that the […]

The Albany County (New York) Legislature established an animal abuser registry, making it the third county in New York (and in the entire entire nation) to pass such a law. In the past year, Suffolk County, New York and Rockland County, New Yorkapproved similar legislation. The publicly accessible registries allow communities to track the whereabouts […]

In today’s troubled economic times, many pet owners in Rochester, Rochester, Niagara Falls and other cities in New York are either losing their homes to foreclosure or being evicted from their apartments. When ultimately forced to move, they may not be able to keep pets in their new residences. Upon facing the prospect of putting their […]

New York landlords should carefully weigh the pros and cons of renting to tenants with pets. Many responsible and reliable tenants cannot obtain apartments because they have pets. Landlords who rent to tenants with pets should take the following precautions: Use leases that require: the tenant to provide proof of renter’s insurance containing liability coverage […]