CVA’s 2010 Legislative Priorities:
In addition to ensuring a constant presence at the legislature to identify bills that may be harmful to Connecticut’s animals, CT Votes for Animals will actively lobby for:
Dog Chaining Bill: Dogs suffering at the end of a chain remains an issue of great concern to our members, animal control officers and the community. CT Votes for Animals will lobby for legislation to protect dogs who suffer their entire lives chained and confined. View the CVA "Break the Chain" flyer!
Rescue Animal Importation: CVA will also continue to work with legislators to address the importation of rescued animals into CT. We will lobby to ensure that any law that is passed will protect companion animals in Connecticut’s shelters and communities but not force rescuers to choose between either compliance or rescuing animals in other states.
Spay/Neuter funding: Unfortunately, statutory spending caps have prevented Animal Population Control Fund (APCF) money from being used for its intended purpose – the spay/neuter of feral cats and low-income persons’ companion animals. Well over a million dollars accumulated in the account, from which the legislature and governor withdrew $500,000 for the General Fund. CVA will lobby for legislation to ensure that APCF revenue is actually spent on spay/neuter!
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