[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Willington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-3-1987; amended 8-14-2013]
[Amended 10-1-2025]
Any animal captured or impounded under the provisions of C.G.S. Chapter 435 shall be redeemed by the owner or keeper thereof, or the agent of such owner or keeper, upon proper identification once a license and tag are presented, if the animal is a dog, to the Animal Control Officer, and upon the payment by such owner or keeper or his agent of:
A. 
The redemption fee established by the Town of Willington, which fee is hereby fixed at $15; and
B. 
The cost of advertising incurred under the provisions of C.G.S. § 22-332, provided no animal seized for doing damage under the provisions of C.G.S. § 22-355 shall be released except upon written order of the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Animal Control Officer.
When the owner or keeper of any such impounded animal fails to redeem such animal within 24 hours of receiving notification so to do or, where the owner was unknown within 24 hours, notification was effected by means of publication in a newspaper, such owner or keeper shall pay, in addition to such redemption fee and the cost of advertising, the amount determined by the Town of Willington to be the full cost of detention and care of such impounded animal. In addition, any owner or keeper of any such impounded animal who fails to redeem such animal within 120 hours after receiving notification so to do shall have committed an infraction. The Town of Willington hereby fixes the full cost of detention and care of any such impounded animal at $15 per day.