Title 22 — Title 22: Agriculture. Domestic Animals

Sec. 22-358. Killing of dogs doing damage. Restraint or disposal orders. Notice. Seizure. Pre-appeal meeting. Appeal of order to the Superior Court. Complaints by persons sustaining damage by biting or attacking dog to poultry, ratite, domestic rabbit, animal or livestock. Invest…

Sec. 22-359. Control of rabies. Quarantine. Regulations. Report of rabies cases. Fine. Seizure of animals. Costs. (a) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may make such orders for the testing for rabies, adequate confinement, quarantine, control or humane euthanasia …

Sec. 22-359a. Clinic for vaccination against rabies. (a) On or before June first, annually, the town clerk and the director of health of any municipality or health district, in consultation with the municipal animal control officer of the municipality or the regional animal contr…

Sec. 22-359b. Rabies vaccine. A rabies vaccine used at an antirabies clinic shall be administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture. (P.A. 85-167, S. 6; P.A. 91-59, S. 18; 91-407, S. 7, 42.) History: P.A. 91-59 replaced referenc…

Secs. 22-359c and 22-359d. Certificate of rabies vaccination. Licensing and vaccination of cats not required. Sections 22-359c and 22-359d are repealed. (P.A. 85-167, S. 7, 8; P.A. 91-46, S. 11, 12; 91-59, S. 19.)

Sec. 22-359e. Tags and certificates indicating rabies vaccination. Any veterinarian who administers rabies vaccines to dogs and cats shall supply rabies vaccination tags and certificates of vaccination as required by section 22-339c and shall issue such tags and certificates to a…

Sec. 22-359f. Request for reduction of quarantine period after potential rabies exposure of animal. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall develop a waiver request process and form for the owner, keeper or veterinarian for any animal …

Secs. 22-360 and 22-361. Pasteur treatment. Examination of dog for rabies. Sections 22-360 and 22-361 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3408, 3409; 1953, S. 1846d, 1847d; 1963, P.A. 613, S. 30, 34; P.A. 85-145, S. 2.)

Sec. 22-362. Annoyance by dogs on highway. Any person owning or having the custody of any dog which habitually goes out on any highway and growls, bites, or snaps at, or otherwise annoys, any person or domestic animal lawfully using such highway or chases or interferes with any m…

Sec. 22-363. Nuisance. No person shall own or harbor a dog or dogs which is or are a nuisance by reason of vicious disposition or excessive barking or other disturbance, or, by such barking or other disturbance, is or are a source of annoyance to any sick person residing in the i…

Sec. 22-364. Dogs or livestock roaming at large. Order for enforcement. Intentional or reckless subsequent violation. (a) No owner or keeper of any dog or livestock as defined in section 22-381 shall allow such dog or livestock to roam at large upon the land of another and not un…

Sec. 22-364a. Intentional or reckless release of domestic animal which causes damage. Any person who intentionally or recklessly releases a domestic animal that enters upon the real property of another person and causes damage to such real property in an amount in excess of one h…

Sec. 22-364b. Control of dogs in proximity to service animals. The owner or keeper of a dog shall restrain and control such dog on a leash when such dog is not on the property of its owner or keeper and is in proximity to a person with a disability accompanied by a service animal…

Sec. 22-365. Obstruction of commissioner or any animal control officer. Penalty. Any person who obstructs or attempts to obstruct the commissioner, the Chief Animal Control Officer, any animal control officer or any municipal animal control officer engaged in the discharge of any…

Sec. 22-366. Cropping of dog's ears. Any person who crops or cuts or causes to be cropped or cut off the whole or any part of the ear of a dog, unless such person is a registered veterinary surgeon and unless such operation is performed when the dog is under an anesthetic, shall …

Sec. 22-367. General penalty. Enforcement. Any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog or cat or maintaining a local kennel or commercial kennel who violates any provision of this chapter for the violation of which no other penalty is provided, or any regulation legally made an…

Sec. 22-367a. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of this chapter. (P.A. 91-46, S. 9, 12.)

Secs. 22-368 to 22-380. Impounding of animals; notice. Unknown owners; notice. Replevy; disposal of animals. Description filed with town clerk; avails of sales. Tender of damages and costs. Escape from pound. Animals at large; impounding; notice. Unknown owner; notice of sale; pr…

Secs. 22-380a to 22-380d. Spaying and neutering clinics established; fees. Procedure for spaying and neutering. Receipt and disposition of funds; program termination. Report to General Assembly. Sections 22-380a to 20-380d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A…

Sec. 22-380e. Definitions. As used in sections 22-380e to 22-380m, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (2) “Program” means the animal population control program; (3) “Account” means the animal population control account; (4) “Participating veterin…

Sec. 22-380f. Payment for adoption of unspayed or unneutered dog or cat. Connecticut Humane Society exemption. Report. Termination of exemption. (a) No pound shall sell or give away any unspayed or unneutered dog or cat to any person unless such pound receives forty-five dollars …

Sec. 22-380g. Animal population control account. Distribution of forms. Programs for vaccination and sterilization of cats and dogs. Funds. Suspension of programs. (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall (1) establish an animal population control program to provide for spaying …

Sec. 22-380h. Participating veterinarians. Requirements. (a) Any veterinarian licensed pursuant to section 20-199 may file with the commissioner, on forms provided by the commissioner, an application to become a participating veterinarian in the program. (b) In order to be certif…

Sec. 22-380i. Payments to participating veterinarians for sterilizations and vaccinations performed. (a) The program established under section 22-380g shall provide for payment to any participating veterinarian of an amount equivalent to the voucher issued pursuant to section 22-…

Sec. 22-380j. Procedure for abandonment of dogs or cats in program. In the event that any person who submits any cat or dog for spaying or neutering to a participating veterinarian fails to retrieve such cat or dog within the time recommended by such participating veterinarian, s…

Sec. 22-380k. Report re operation of program. Not later than one year following the inception of the animal population control program, established pursuant to sections 22-380e to 22-380m, inclusive, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report to the joint sta…

Sec. 22-380l. Surcharge on licensure of unspayed or unneutered dogs. For each license issued pursuant to section 22-338 for an unspayed or unneutered dog, the town clerk shall collect a surcharge of six dollars which shall be deposited by such clerk into the animal population con…

Sec. 22-380m. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 22-380e to 22-380m, inclusive. (P.A. 92-187, S. 9, 10.)

Sec. 22-381. Definitions. As used in this chapter, “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; “dealer” or “broker” means any person, copartnership, association, limited liability company or corporation engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling or exchanging…

Sec. 22-382. Exceptions. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to (1) any person, association, copartnership or corporation which by dispersal sale is permanently discontinuing the activities or business of a livestock producer; (2) any person, association, copartnership…

Sec. 22-383. License required. Responsibility of dealer or broker for acts of employees. No dealer or broker shall engage in or carry on the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting or negotiating or soliciting the sale, resale, exchange, transportation or…

Sec. 22-384. Application for license. Fee. Any person before engaging in the business of a dealer or broker shall file an application with the commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner and pay a license fee. The fee shall be one hundred ninety dollars, provided the fe…

Sec. 22-385. Issuance of license. Term. Renewal. Upon compliance by the applicant with section 22-384, the commissioner shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, issue a license entitling the applicant or the applicant's agents to conduct the business of buying or receivi…

Sec. 22-386. Suspension or revocation. Hearing. Appeal. For failure or refusal of a licensee to obey the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner may suspend or revoke the license held by such licensee. Whenever the commissioner is satisfied of the existence of any one or mor…

Sec. 22-387. Keeping and inspection of records. Every dealer or broker shall keep accounts, records and memoranda which shall fully and clearly disclose all transactions of such dealer's or broker's business, including the true ownership of the business. Such records shall be mad…

Sec. 22-388. Periodic testing of livestock for infectious diseases. Quarantine. (a) All livestock owned by a livestock dealer or held by a livestock dealer, pending sale, exchange, resale or shipment on premises owned, rented, leased or borrowed by such dealer may be subjected pe…

Sec. 22-389. Copy of license to be posted. Identification card. Every person licensed under the provisions of this chapter and conducting business under such license shall keep a copy thereof, to be furnished by the commissioner, posted in a conspicuous place in such person's mot…

Sec. 22-390. Enforcement. Regulations. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (1959, P.A. 573, S. 10; 1963, P.A. 57, S.…

Sec. 22-391. Penalty. Any person who violates or refuses to comply with any provision of this chapter may be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars for a first offense and not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars for …

Secs. 22-392 to 22-409. Connecticut Meat and Poultry Products Inspection Act. Sections 22-392 to 22-409, inclusive, are repealed. (1969, P.A. 626, S. 1–19; 1971, P.A. 145; 500, S. 1; 870, S. 118; P.A. 73-478, S. 2, 3; P.A. 76-436, S. 460, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 102, 125; P.A. 78-28…

Sec. 22-410. Awards to breeders of winning race horses. Connecticut Breeders' Fund. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Consumer Protection, within the limitations of funds available, may offer cash awards to the breeders of Connecticut-bred horses which officiall…

Sec. 22-411. Registration of Connecticut-bred horses and breeding records of stallions. The Department of Agriculture shall administer the registration of Connecticut-bred horses and the breeding records of stallions standing in this state. To qualify as a Connecticut-bred horse,…

Sec. 22-412. Promotion of equine industry. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of Consumer Protection shall use part of said fund for programs to promote the equine industry in the state of Connecticut, such as equine activities, facilities and research. The Departme…

Sec. 22-413. Health certification of equines. Penalty. (a) Any equine presented for public auction in this state shall have a health certificate issued by a veterinarian licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 384. Such examination shall be obtained within ten days prior t…

Sec. 22-414. Supervision of public equine auctions. Licenses. Fees. Penalty. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall supervise commission sales stables where equines are sold at public auctions. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling equines at auctions …

Sec. 22-415. Inhumane transportation of equines. Penalty. Regulations. Any person who carries or causes to be carried or has the care of any equine in or attached to any vehicle or otherwise in an unnecessarily cruel or inhumane manner, or in a way and manner which might endanger…

Sec. 22-415a. Equine infectious anemia: Definitions. As used in sections 22-410 to 22-415j, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture; (2) “Equine” means any member of the equine family which includes horses, ponies, mules, asses, donkeys and zebras; (3)…

Sec. 22-415b. Required testing for equine infectious anemia for equines exposed to the disease. The commissioner may require an equine to be tested for equine infectious anemia at the expense of the owner if he reasonably determines that such equine has been exposed to equine inf…

Sec. 22-415c. Requirements for the importation of equines into Connecticut. Penalties. (a) Any equine imported into the state, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shall have an official interstate health certificate and an official equine infectious anemia test …

Sec. 22-415d. Written permission for transfer of ownership of an equine that tested positive. No person shall sell, lease, exchange, barter, or give away any equine that tested positive to an official test for equine infectious anemia except upon written permission from the commi…