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Horse Deemed a “Companion Animal”/Aggravated Cruelty to Animals Conviction Upheld

The Third Department affirmed defendant’s convictions, which stemmed from the killing of a horse.  The court determined the horse was a “companion animal” within the meaning of the Agricultural and Markets Law and, therefore, the elements of aggravated cruelty to animals were proven:

…[D]efendant claims that the charge of aggravated cruelty to animals was jurisdictionally defective for failure to allege a material element of the crime, arguing that the horse was not a “companion animal” (Agricultural and Markets Law § 353a [1]…).  However, horses are excluded from the statutory definition of companion animals only when they are “‘[f]arm animal[s]’ . . . raised for commercial or subsistence purposes” (Agricultural and Markets Law § 350 [4]).  Any domesticated animal, including a horse, may be a companion animal where, as here, it is not kept for such purposes and is “normally maintained in or near the household of the owner or person who cares for [it]” (Agricultural and Markets Law § 350 [5] ….  Likewise, there was no jurisdictional defect in the charge of criminal mischief in the second degree by intentionally damaging the property of another, as a companion animal is property (see Penal Law § 145.10…). People v Lohnes, 104483, 3rd Dept 12-19-13

 

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