Sentences with phrase «to kill shelter animals»

For a look at bills and laws in other states that address use of the gas chamber or other cruel methods of killing shelter animals....

A grass roots effort, the North Carolina Coalition for Humane Euthanasia (NCCHE), has been working to stop the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers as well as other cruel and inhumane methods of killing shelter animals in the state.

Many of the programs and policies called for in that plan have not yet been funded, but an important one that has been implemented is an empty cage provision that places a moratorium on killing any shelter animal if a cage is available.

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

By way of update, Lee County recently announced it has not used CO gas to kill shelter animals since June and that the county commission has actually approved funds to dismantle and remove the gas chamber.

This bill now sanctions the use of CO gas for killing all shelter animals.

CO gas chambers would be elevated by HB 27Â as not only an acceptable means of killing shelter animals but one sanctioned and even preferred by the state.

On August 15, 2012, the Fairfield County, Ohio commissioners unanimously agreed to stop the use of the cruel carbon monoxide gas chamber to kill shelter animals.

Sen. Hoyle agreed to sponsor Davie's Law, a bill that would end the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers and other cruel methods of killing shelter animals.

If you live in one of the five Ohio counties still using CO gas to kill shelter animals, contact your local county commissioners and urge them to stop using CO gas to kill shelter animals and when euthanasia is necessary, use lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital which when used by a veterinarian or trained personnel correctly, is humane and more cost effective.

Update September 18, 2013: Since Animal Law Coalition last reported on the status of the use of animal gas chambers in Ohio, a number of counties have stopped using the medieval torture devices to kill shelter animals.

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

3) Atlanta Humane Society imports thousands of animals while others die down the street — this is why I think we need to put more focus on no kill communities than no kill shelters

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

U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D - VA) has introduced once again his resolution opposing the use of gas chambers to kill shelter animals, H. Res.

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

I posted a couple of weeks ago that two of the four counties in Michigan that still used a gas chamber to kill shelter animals had stopped the practice.

 This law bans the use of CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals and requires shelters to dismantle and remove them!

By far the biggest criticism against the no - kill shelter movement is that the term is misleading on its face because it encourages the public to believe that the goal is to kill no 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.

Update Aug. 10, 2011: Last night at least 200 people packed the Davidson County, North Carolina County Council meeting room to try to convince commissioners to abandon the archaic carbon monoxide gas chambers still used to kill shelter animals.

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

In North Carolina 25 counties still use CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

The American Veterinary Medical Association and the North Carolina VMA have given support for continued use of CO gas chambers, saying they are «acceptable» though not «preferred» as a means of killing shelter animals.

Join us on Facebook to learn what you can do to stop use of CO gas by Craven - Pamlico County Animal Services to kill shelter animals.

According to a 2009 study by the American Humane Association, however, it costs about $ 4.66 per animal to use CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals in North Carolina, while the cost of euthanasia by lethal injection is approximately $ 2.29 per animal including the cost of staff.

Join us on Facebook to learn what you can do to help stop use of CO gas to kill shelter animals in Brunswick County.

Yet, Iredell County is insistent in continuing to use these death contraptions to kill shelter animals.

Here is the list of the 23 North Carolina counties that still use CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

Take a listen here to a discussion about the cruelty and danger in using CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

Since Animal Law Coalition last reported on the status of the use of animal gas chambers in Ohio, a number of counties have stopped using the medieval torture devices to kill shelter animals.

The Alabama bill follows successful efforts in recent years in other states to stop the use of CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

Though the fine print of the American Veterinary Medical Association's past Euthanasia Reports contain strong evidence of the cruelty and danger of carbon monoxide gas chambers used to kill shelter animals, the AVMA has continued to insist such use of the medieval devices in animal shelters is «acceptable».

Contact the AVMA here and urge the AVMA to support an end to use of CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.

Now in 2011 the county has finally stopped using the CO gas chamber to kill shelter animals.

And AVMA still does not condemn use of CO gas chambers in killing shelter animals.

Though the fine print of the American Veterinary Medical Association's current and past Euthanasia Reports contain strong evidence of the cruelty and danger of carbon monoxide gas chambers used to kill shelter animals, the AVMA has continued to insist such use of the medieval devices is «acceptable».

More states are banning use of CO gas chambers to kill shelter animals.