Many states now mandate lethal injection as
the only method of euthanasia allowed.
Last year Perdue wrote a letter to the state Department of Agriculture, urging the adoption of rules requiring use of lethal injection as
the only method of euthanasia in animal shelters.
Not exact matches
Declawing is at best a
method of last resort when the
only other options are abandonment or
euthanasia.
«The
only sure way to simultaneously protect wildlife and people is to remove feral cats from the landscape,» the petition argues, urging a
euthanasia model as a more effective
method of controlling feral cat populations.
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.
Humane Canada supports the use
of only humane
methods of euthanasia carried out by trained personnel to ensure the animal experiences no more than minimal discomfort, fear or anxiety.
The new law makes sodium pentobarbital injection, also known as
euthanasia by injection (EBI), the state's
only approved
method of euthanasia for dogs and cats in shelters.
The National Animal Control Association (NACA) issued the following policy statement in September, 2010: «NACA considers lethal injection
of sodium pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the
only method of choice utilized for humane
euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
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.
The AVMA's new direction is more in line with the National Animal Control Association (NACA) which in September 2010, issued the following policy statement: «NACA considers lethal injection
of sodium pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the
only method of choice utilized for humane
euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
The OHS supports the use
of only the most humane
methods of euthanasia available, and that those
methods are performed
only by trained veterinary personnel, assuring minimal discomfort, fear, or anxiety.