In accordance with Public Act No. 96-243, C.G.S. § 22-339d,
the Town of Newington enacts this article to regulate the keeping of feral
cats and to establish procedures for the Animal Control Officer to follow
incident to his duties with respect thereto. The purpose of this article is
to promote the public health and welfare relating to the control of the spread
of the rabies virus, animal overpopulation, and property damage as it relates
to domestic and feral cats.
As used in this article the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
FERAL CAT
A free-roaming domestic cat which is not owned.
KEEPER
Any person or organization harboring, regularly feeding or having
in his or its possession any feral cat. Refusal to permit any Animal Control
Officer to impound a feral cat shall be deemed evidence of keeping.
No person owning or keeping any cat shall permit such animal to:
A. Substantially damage property other than the property
of the owner or keeper; or
B. Cause an unsanitary, dangerous or unreasonably offensive
condition.