Many states now mandate lethal injection as the only
method of euthanasia allowed.
The other
method of euthanasia allowed is intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of sodium pentobarbital or an equivalent drug. Â
Not exact matches
For some this stance can
allow external
methods of fertilization; for others experimentation with embryos and still - living aborted fetuses; for others,
euthanasia for genetically disabled infants, the comatose or senile; and voluntary suicide.
Under the proposed legislation lethal injection using sodium pentobarbital or a derivative, a procedure known as EBI, would be the only
allowed method of euthanasia for animals in North Carolina's public shelters.
Texas law
allows only two
methods of killing shelter animals: (1) humane
euthanasia by lethal injection
of sodium pentobarbital administered by a trained employee out
of the sight and away from other animals in a quiet area.
If the gas
method of euthanasia is approved, rules shall require (i) that only commercially compressed carbon monoxide gas is approved for use, and (ii) that the gas must be delivered in a commercially manufactured chamber that
allows for the individual separation
of animals.