Any person who sells, offers for sale, trades or gives away any horse for the purpose of being worked, which could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of section 53-247, or any person who leads, rides or drives an animal on any public highway for any purpose except that of conveying the animal to a suitable place for its humane keeping or killing or for medical or surgical treatment, which animal could not be worked in this state without violating the provisions of said section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 8572.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 945 - (Offenses Against Humanity and Morality) Cruelty to Animals
Section 53-242 to 53-246. - Blasphemy. Obscenity. Intoxication.
Section 53-247a. - Provision of cannabis to domesticated animals.
Section 53-248. - Sale or treatment of animals unable to work.
Section 53-249. - Cruelty to poultry.
Section 53-249a. - Sale or gift of dyed fowl or rabbits prohibited.
Section 53-250. - Use of animals, reptiles and birds.
Section 53-251. - Docking of horses' tails.
Section 53-252. - Transportation of animals on railroads.
Section 53-253. - Notice of arrest of offender to be given.
Section 53-254. - Causing dependency or delinquency of children.