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CT residents: Defeat SB 1080

Connecticut: Urge Your Legislators to Defeat SB 1080!

SB 1080—Regulation and Inspection of Animal Rescues
ASPCA Position:  Oppose
Action:  Please call and/or email your state senator and representative now to urge them to defeat this bill. Click here to contract your legislator.

A bill authorizing the regulation and inspection of animal rescue organizations and foster homes that was successfully defeated in the Environment Committee reemerged recently in the Planning and Development Committee.

SB 1080:

- Would allow warrantless inspections/searches of any private home with five or more rescue animals (e.g., one mother cat and her litter of kittens);

- does not restrict the hours at which the inspection of a private home can be conducted;

- would require rescue organizations and foster homes to apply annually to their town clerks for a $25 license, possibly at the risk of rejection;

- would subject unlicensed rescue organizations and foster homes to fines and imprisonment; and

- provides no clarity on what would constitute a violation—leaving rescuers vulnerable to arbitrary decision-making.

Animal rescue organizations and foster homes often provide the “last chance” helping hand to companion animals in need. While regulations are necessary, they should not infringe on an individual’s privacy rights.

Please call and/or email your senator and representative immediately to urge them to prevent the passage of SB 1080. When contacting your legislators, don’t forget to mention that you are a constituent!