Sentences with phrase «animals in a gas chamber»

«Staff members of two different municipal shelters have approached me just this year, concerned about panicky sounds from animals in their gas chambers.

Did you know that some states still condone killing shelter animals in a gas chamber?

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Gas chambers can not provide a humane death for animals in a shelter setting.

Crawford said in an interview that she had gotten a tranquilizer from a veterinarian with the understanding that it would be used to calm animals before they were put in the gas chamber.

And in her eyes and in plain English when an animal is put in a gas chamber it is being choked to death!

The excuse that gas chambers are safe and a kind way to euthanize these animals does not hold water in her eyes.

The law will make it a crime for animals to be euthanized in a carbon monoxide gas chamber.

Daniel is a Beagle mix who survived gas chamber euthanasia in an Alabama animal shelter.

She is a nationally - recognized author and attorney who advocates for ending pound seizure (shelter animals used in research) and the use of gas chambers to kill animals in shelters.

Danny's Story By: Carolyn M. «In January of 2008, I rescued five dogs and two cats from a gas chamber at the Spalding Animal Control in GeorgiIn January of 2008, I rescued five dogs and two cats from a gas chamber at the Spalding Animal Control in Georgiin Georgia.

North Carolina shelter workers have been exposed to dangerous levels of CO gas: In one report gas monitor readings showed employee overexposure to carbon monoxide, which the officer believed «is occurring when the chamber door is opened to remove the animal.»

During the election North Carolina Governor - elect Bev Perdue, condemned the state's use of gas chambers to kill animals in shelters.

Death in some animal control gas chamber after being abandoned by the people you loved and trusted is one heck of a lot nastier than any health consequence of early spay and neuter.

«All gas chambers using any poisonous inhalant gas to kill animals should be put out of use immediately, not in the year 2012.

At one shelter animals are loaded into the gas chamber the night before so the worker need only turn on the chamber in the morning.

I have written to both the senator and governor and sent a wav that we used here in MN to get the gas chamber banned from our inhumane «Animal Humane Society.»

Original report: Call Governor Beverly Perdue and North Carolina state Senator David Hoyle and urge them that now is the time to make good on their campaign promises to end gas chambers in North Carolina animal shelters.Â

Indeed, the suffering of animals dying in a gas chamber has been documented by NC inspectors.

 Houser together with North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association, Farm Bureau,  North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and the state Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, worked on HB 27 to assure the continuation of CO gas chambers in North Carolina's animal shelters.Â

«Further more,» as Peter points out, «no where in the AVMA report does it mention animal control facilities, shelters, or rescues for their use of gas chambers.

In fact, use of CO gas chambers is now one of 2 methods that must be used in killing shelter animalIn fact, use of CO gas chambers is now one of 2 methods that must be used in killing shelter animalin killing shelter animals.

Attached for downloading is a compilation of inspection reports that show shelter workers are and have been exposed to dangerous CO gas from leaking or malfunctioning animal gas chambers in North Carolina.

Hard to believe but there are shelters killing animals via gas chambers vs. being euthanized in a more humane method.

If your state has laws that do not benefit shelter animals (such as allowing gas chambers, pound seizure, or have do not promote adoptions), contact one of these to offer your help in passing / supporting better legislation: HSUS State Director, ASPCA regional director, a large animal shelter in your state that works on legislation, or your legislator to ask him / her to support shelter animal protection legislation.

In Sept., 2010, the National Animal Control Association issued its statement rejecting use of carbon monoxide gas chambers.

All of the higher ups need to be present when the Animals are placed in the gas chamber and stay there until it is all over.

This means by January 1, 2011, no county or city in the state can use carbon monoxide gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

If you live in a state that still permits the death of shelter animals by gas chamber (see map here), you can do the following:

Shelters that still use the gas chamber often put animals together in there, thus increasing their fear, agitation and distress.

When our shelters are empty because all of the unwanted, unloved dogs in this country have been adopted, and when the companies who manufacture gas chambers for animal shelters have gone out of business due to lack of customers, then I would say maybe we could consider limited numbers of dogs not being spayed, until then, it is the most absurd, downright stupid idea anybody who claims to love dogs, could possibly propose.

The HSUS continues to make strides in helping animal shelters shift away from using gas chambers.

«Using gas chambers to kill shelter animals is unnecessarily cruel, causing these animals to suffer in the last moments of their life.

There is an issue at hand that needs immediate attention, it is concerning the way in which we discard animals who are left homeless from irresponsible owners, and end up in rabies control or animal shelters and killed by the use of a gas chamber.

In 2012 Pennsylvania shut down the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers for most animals.

She drafted and analyzed federal and state legislation to protect animals and children, including being the author of the 2009 - 10 legislative bill to ban pound seizure in Michigan (which passed the House and ran out of time in Senate) and a bill to ban gas chambers in Michigan shelters.

In addition, Animal Aid USA raises money to fund spay and neuter programs in low income communities and raise awareness of the legal animal cruelties happening daily in the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy millIn addition, Animal Aid USA raises money to fund spay and neuter programs in low income communities and raise awareness of the legal animal cruelties happening daily in the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy Animal Aid USA raises money to fund spay and neuter programs in low income communities and raise awareness of the legal animal cruelties happening daily in the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy millin low income communities and raise awareness of the legal animal cruelties happening daily in the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy animal cruelties happening daily in the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy millin the U.S., such as the gas chamber, cardiac heart stick euthanasia and puppy mills.

Animals must be killed one at a time and each must remain in the gas chamber for at least 20 minutes.

New York (would mandate euthanasia by injection or EBI), Pennsylvania (would also ban chloroform, ether, halothan, fluothane, or similar substance when used in an airtight chamber or plastic bag, North Carolina (would mandate EBI), Georgia (EBI mandated already for dogs and cats and bill would close loopholes that allow many counties to continue to use CO gas; the bill would allow heartstick only if the animal is unconscious, heavily sedated or comatose), West Virginia (would ban new Co gas chambers), New Mexico, Louisiana (would ban CO chambers for dogs and cats and also ban heartstick unless the «animal is unconscious or rendered completely unconscious and insensitive to pain through the injection of an anesthetic») and Michigan (would also ban CO2).

New Jersey does not permit the use of a decompression chamber or lethal gas except an inhalant anesthetic in killing shelter animals.

It's hard to imagine any veterinarian could ever in good conscious use the gas chamber for any animal.

The following states already do not allow use of carbon monoxide gas chambers in public shelters to kill homeless or unwanted animals or those deemed «unadoptable».

With Sgt Bailey's promise as the linchpin, the Seagoville shelter transformed rapidly from a «gas chamber» that euthanized 80 percent of its animals each year to a success story saving more than 97 percent of its animals in 2011 and 98.5 percent in 2012.

Lorenzo is also involved with many animal welfare organizations including the Humane Society of the United States, North Shore Animal League and is an honorary animal welfare Ambassador for the ASPCA This caravan brought awareness to this country's use of the gas chamber in 31 states and also resulted in saving 188 dogs from a high - kill Georgia shanimal welfare organizations including the Humane Society of the United States, North Shore Animal League and is an honorary animal welfare Ambassador for the ASPCA This caravan brought awareness to this country's use of the gas chamber in 31 states and also resulted in saving 188 dogs from a high - kill Georgia shAnimal League and is an honorary animal welfare Ambassador for the ASPCA This caravan brought awareness to this country's use of the gas chamber in 31 states and also resulted in saving 188 dogs from a high - kill Georgia shanimal welfare Ambassador for the ASPCA This caravan brought awareness to this country's use of the gas chamber in 31 states and also resulted in saving 188 dogs from a high - kill Georgia shelter.

With Sgt Bailey's promise as the linchpin, the Seagoville shelter transformed rapidly from a «gas chamber» that euthanized 80 percent of its animals each year to a success story saving more than 97 percent of its animals in 2011 and 98 percent in 2012 and 2013.

Indeed, even if used according to AVMA guidelines, carbon monoxide gas chambers are ghastly.  For more, read this account of an Alabama animal control officer,  about the court decisions in Georgia concerning the cruelty of CO gas chambers,  and about the battle in North Carolina to ban CO gas chambers.

In gas chambers, animals are forced into a box, often along with many others.

The chamber must be located outdoors or in a well - ventilated room and be airtight with a flow regulator, flow meter, gas concentration gauge, temperature gauge, exhaust fan, and, if indoors, an alarm, explosion proof equipment, view ports with sufficient lighting, and a way to separate animals.

The legislation also standardizes holding times for stray dogs, prohibits the use of gas chambers for euthanizing dogs and cats, and creates a spay / neuter program, funded by a voluntary tax check off, that is designed to reduce the number of homeless animals in Massachusetts.

Original report: In 1999 Davidson County, North Carolina county manager Robert Hyatt insisted a carbon monoxide gas chamber was necessary to kill shelter animals.

Harrelson made these comments, in quotes, in orange and italicized below, about what he as health director sees as advantages of using the CO gas chamber to kill shelter animals.