Remember: If it's too cold for you, it's too cold for your pets!"
Governor Ned Lamont announced the state's severe cold weather protocol to go into effect beginning at noon on Saturday, December 21, 2024, and remaining in effect through noon on Tuesday, December 24, 2024.
"Connecticut law prohibits tethering dogs outside during extreme weather. Dogs of all breeds are susceptible to frostbite, especially on the nose and footpads. If you see a dog being tethered outside, please have your local ACO or police take immediate action: tell them that according to Connecticut General Statutes 22-350a, dogs cannot be tethered outside during extreme weather for a duration longer than 15 minutes.
It's also too cold for cats and for rabbits in outdoor hutches. (In nature, rabbits are prolific burrowers–they burrow beneath the frost line to avoid extreme temperatures. In hutches, they have no such protection and can die from extreme weather.) So, bring them in, too! Connecticut law, CGS 53-247(a), requires that people provide their animals with "protection from the weather."
You can report it to your local animal control and let them investigate. It might help to have pictures. Leaving an animal outside in extreme weather can count as neglect and could get the animal removed from the owners. There's nothing malicious about reporting them if everything you said is true.
Remember: If it's too cold for you, it's too cold for your pets!"
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