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.
American Veterinary Medical Association guidelines for
use of animal gas chambers in its 2007 Euthanasia Report state gas chambers «must be well lit and have view ports that allow personnel direct observation of animals» that are inside.
So many counties and cities cite the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)'s euthanasia reports as authority for the continued
use of animal gas chambers.
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Animal agriculture is the single greatest human - caused source
of greenhouse
gases, land
use, and land degradation.
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This
gas - filled organ is normally
used to keep the
animal buoyant, but a nearby muscle can make it resonate and so double as an organ
of vocalisation.
Rather, greenhouse
gas emissions from agriculture would drop by 28 percent without farmed
animals because
of increases associated with producing additional food crops and the
use of more synthetic fertilizer to replace manure.
Nitrogen makes up almost 80 percent
of the atmosphere, where the
gas occurs as two - atom molecules, a form that plants and
animals can't
use directly.
Agriculture and land
use change contributed about 1/3
of total human greenhouse
gas emissions in the past decade, through crop cultivation,
animal production, and deforestation.
Brain research raises the possibility
of a very exotic future (this article assumes that such
animals wouldn't be vicious or
use their new - found smarts to drive other species to extinction) «Liberated» mice from Italian lab now housed in poor conditions Methane leaks
of shale
gas may undermine its climate benefits: If methane leak rates are more than 3 percent
of output, fracking
of shale
gas formations may be boosting greenhouse
gas emissions rather than lowering them.
Although sustainability guidelines are unlikely to be included in the final version
of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in
animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse
gas emissions and energy, land, and water
use) than is the current average U.S. diet.
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of earth's renewable resources — including air, plants, water, and
animals — and nonrenewable resources, such as coal, oil, and natural
gas.
As a Montrealer, I am requesting that you speak loudly and clearly against the
use of a Carbon Monoxide
gas chamber to euthanize homeless
animals.
County officials suspended Crawford after accusing her
of appealing to administrators above her own supervisor and
using an unauthorized tranquilizer.Her dispute with the county erupted last month when she publicly charged that the
animal shelter was abusing
animals, and that killing
animals there with a poisonous
gas is inhumane.
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.
During the election North Carolina Governor - elect Bev Perdue, condemned the state's
use of gas chambers to kill
animals in shelters.
«All
gas chambers
using any poisonous inhalant
gas to kill
animals should be put out
of use immediately, not in the year 2012.
Update Mar. 5, 2009: The North Carolina House Agriculture Committee heard testimony yesterday about Davie's Law which would end the
use of gas chambers on shelter
animals and ban heartstick and mandate safe lethal injection for euthanasia
of dogs and cats.
But even if
used properly,
gas chambers present a danger to workers; and,
use of the
gas chambers as well as these other outmoded methods are demoralizing for workers and cruel and inhumane for
animals.
If you live in one
of the Ohio counties that still
uses CO
gas for shelter
animals, contact your local county commission and your veterinarian and urge them to stop the
use of this cruel and inhumane means
of killing
animals.
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.
Call on your Ohio state representative and state senator to ban
use of CO
gas chambers on
animals.
«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.
This only happened because
of the persistence
of people who love
animals; they contacted county commissioners and showed up at commission meetings, insisting not only on an end to
use of gas chambers, but their removal as well.
Under HB 27 a veterinarian, certified euthanasia technician or a probationary CET working under the supervision
of a veterinarian, has complete discretion to choose the method
of killing: CO
gas chambers or lethal injection.  A log must be kept
of the method
of killing
used for each
animal, the identity
of the person performing the killing and the reason for the particular method. Â
Why continue the
use of costly
animal gas chambers?
In fact,
use of CO
gas chambers is now one of 2 methods that must be
used in killing shelter
animals.
In Sept., 2010, the National
Animal Control Association issued its statement rejecting
use of carbon monoxide
gas chambers.
We work with many shelters including those that are local to us, those in Southern Illinois, Kentucky as well as other southern states, many
of which still
use gas to euthanize their
animals.
Under this version
of H.B. 788, carbon monoxide
gas chambers along with decompression chambers and
use of exhaust from gasoline engines and would not be allowed as means 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.
At least they won't be able to say the AVMA accepts the
use of carbon monoxide
gas chambers as a means to kill
animals.
«
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.
The veterinarian would be required to be present during the gassing and for each
animal killed this way, must give a description and a signed statement that
use of the
gas chamber is the most humane way to kill the
animal.
Monitoring equipment must be
used at all times...
Animals that are under 4 months
of age, old, injured, or sick may not be euthanized» by CO
gas.
Virginia specifically prohibits killing
of shelter
animals by
use of a decompression chamber or
gas chamber.
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).
 (a) No person, peace officer, officer
of a humane society, or officer
of a pound or
animal regulation department
of a public agency shall kill any
animal by
using any
of the following methods: Â Â (1) Carbon monoxide
gas.
New Jersey does not permit the
use of a decompression chamber or lethal
gas except an inhalant anesthetic in killing shelter
animals.
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».
Our goals are to promote spay / neuter, stop the
use of gas chambers to kill our homeless pets, and to educate people on how to treat all
animals with respect and dignity.
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of them were from the hurricane others from surrounding
animal control facilities that
use the
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Some
of these
animal control facilities
use extremely inhumane practices like
gas chambers and heartstick to euthanize the dogs and many have kill rates over 90 % before rescues get involved.
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 sh
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 sh
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 sh
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 shelter.
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, Â 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.
According to www.stopgassingTexaspets.com, which has been spurring Texas counties and cities to stop gassing shelter
animals, Â these other public shelters
use carbon monoxide
gas chambers: Baytown, Commerce, El Campo, Garland, Gatesville, Gonzales, Greenville, Henderson, Muleshoe, Orange, Paris, San Marcos (kills
animals for Hays County and the city
of Kyle), Seagoville and Seguin.
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.