In 2016, Connecticut was the first state in the nation to pass a law allowing a judge to appoint a volunteer lawyer or a supervised law student to represent a cat or dog in an animal abuse case. Sticking with the known game plan of incremental destruction of animal ownership, animal-rights extremists are back with Senate Bill 1060, a bill that goes a step further and allows animals, not just cats and dogs, to receive representation in court. The term “animal” in the state of Connecticut means any species, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, birds and reptiles §22-327 (a) Sec. 22-329b.
On Wednesday, March 1, at 10 a.m. in room 2E of the Legislative Office Building, the Joint Judiciary Committee will take public testimony on SB 1060.
Passing this bill would be straight-up animal-rights extremism enshrined into law. The idea is not that animals will have a lawyer. It is that animal owners will play second fiddle in the new bizarro world the extremists want to create.
Sportsmen must take legislation like this serious because what started with cats and dogs is now jumping to all animals. We don’t know what will dream up next, but right now we have to work to stop SB 1060.
Please use our take action button to email the committee and urge them to oppose SB 1060. Don’t forget to share this message with your family, friends, and fellow sportsmen urging them to email the committee to also oppose SB 1060.
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