Ban on Dog and Cat Slaughter Enacted in NY

On September 24, New York enacted a new law banning the slaughter of dogs and cats for their meat or fur. While such slaughter is rare in the U.S., mostly for specialty Korean dishes, it remains legal almost everywhere. (The slaughter of dogs and cats for fur is already banned by the federal government.) The legislation, originally sponsored by Assemblyman Glick and Senator Maltese, came in response to a TV investigation of a New York farm selling dogs carcasses for meat.