Sec. 22-415. Inhumane transportation of equines. Penalty. Regulations.
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 the equine or knowingly and wilfully authorizes or
permits such equine to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any
kind in the transporting of such equine, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one
hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars. The Commissioner of Agriculture
shall adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 pertaining to the transportation of equines
upon the highways of Connecticut as deemed necessary to prevent the cruel or inhumane
treatment of equines.
(P.A. 75-589, S. 2, 3; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 07-217, S. 104.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing
the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 07-217 made a
technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
Cited. 218 C. 757.