{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-250","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-250","heading":"Use of animals.","body":"Any person who uses any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird for the purpose of soliciting any alms, collection, contribution, subscription, donation or payment of money, or uses any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird as a prize or award in the operation of any game or device, or exhibits any wild animal in connection with any business for the purpose of attracting trade upon any street, highway or public park or at any fair, exhibition or place of amusement, recreation or entertainment, or owns, keeps or has in such person's custody any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird for any such purpose, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, but no provision of this section shall be construed so as to apply (1) to the exhibition of any animal, including a fish, reptile or bird by (A) any educational institution; or (B) in a zoological garden or in connection with any theatrical exhibition or circus, or (2) to the use of any animal in a cow-chip raffle.","path":["TITLE 53. CRIMES","CHAPTER 945*. (OFFENSES AGAINST HUMANITY AND MORALITY) CRUELTY TO ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_945.htm#sec_53-250","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:18Z","sha256":"a4159f9f2c02632e803325699d115760066cb48b5bf71277c5b37b40756b1bf5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-249a","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53-251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}