Opn. No.

Requestor: Gordon D. Tresch, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Kenmore 2919 Delaware Avenue Kenmore, New York 14217-2394

Written by: Patrick Barnett-Mulligan, Assistant Attorney General

I am writing in response to your request for an Attorney General's opinion as to the authority of a village police department to enter private property and shoot pigeons.

Article 11 of the Environmental Conservation Law contains provisions which protect and otherwise regulate various forms of fish and wildlife in the State. Section 11-0513 of the ECL deals specifically with pigeons and gives the village board the…