Sentences with phrase «use of gas chambers for»

In this issue: Ending the use of gas chambers for euthanasia; the benefits of adopting senior pets; safeguarding your shelter from the threat of a fire; taking advantage of Facebook to save more animals; the keys to successful disaster response by shelter veterinarians; and more.

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.

Update March 20, 2012: Craven County discontinued use of its gas chamber for dogs and cats about a month ago.

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Some deniers, Lipstadt indicates, have tried to peddle «the notion that it was technically and physically impossible for the gas chambers at Auschwitz to have functioned as extermination facilities,» whether because of their construction or because of the gas that was used (prussic acid, more commonly known as Zyklon - B).

Lighter components, including hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a mixture similar to Britain's old town gas, rise to the top of the chamber, from where they can be vented for use as fuel.

Using infra - red gas analysers connected to a miniature controlled environment chamber, Dr Samuel Taylor and Professor Steve Long, at the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) simulated a sudden increase in sunlight following shade, and measured the time it took for the plant to regain its maximum photosynthesis efficiency and take full advantage of the extra energy from light.

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.

Inspection reports have documented dangerous levels of CO gas around gas cylinders used for the chambers.

For small mammals, such as mice, where an injection could be too distressing or difficult, some veterinarians use lethal doses of anesthetic gases like chloroform in an anesthetic chamber.

It is also clear that use of the gas chamber causes incalculable psychological suffering for many shelter workers.

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.

«I find gas chambers to be extra cruel and unusual for the use of euthanasia purposes.

«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.

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

It is together through the collaboration of dedicated volunteers that we rescue dogs in NYC as well as from other states that use gas chambers for euthanasia.

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.

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).

And Best Friends should have had the guts to stand up for the principles they were founded on, and refuse to go forward unless WVC agreed to phase out the use of the gas chamber.

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 shelter.

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.

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.

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.

This is the first in a series that will look at each North Carolina public shelter that still uses CO gas and the Dept.'s enforcement of its new regulations for CO gas chambers.

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.

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.

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.

Unfortunately, current Oklahoma laws that restrict smaller cities and counties from creating public animal shelters, that affect spay and neuter services, and that allow for the use of gas chamber euthanasia and the practice of pound seizure hinder the ability of Oklahomans to adequately care for and manage pet overpopulation.

Dr. Becker serves on the board and also as the chief veterinary correspondent for the American Humane, with a strong focus on supporting their efforts to end the use of gas chambers in animal shelters, a cause for which he has successfully advocated since his earliest days as a veterinarian.

Dr. Becker also serves as the Chief Veterinary Correspondent for the American Humane Association, with a strong focus on supporting their efforts to end the use of gas chambers in animal shelters, a cause for which he has successfully advocated since his earliest days as a veterinarian.

Sandy Animal Control already doesn't use its gas chamber for cats and dogs except at the request of their owners, Thacker said.

The plaintiffs in the case, Morton and Robinson, asked the court for an injunction, to require the state to comply with the law and stop issuing licenses to any new shelters that would use gas chambers and to refuse to renew licenses of current shelters that kill animals by illegally gassing them.

About a year ago, the Broken Arrow Animal Shelter got rid of its gas chamber, which was used for euthanasia.

SB1729 would prohibit the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers for animal euthanasia.

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 county will continue to use CO gas chambers for these animals, but Gaston County Commissioner Allan Fraley has said if he doesn't see an increase in the numbers of animals euthanized by lethal injection, he will ask the commission to prohibit use of the CO gas chamber altogether.

For more on the fight to stop use of gas chambers in Nnorth Carolina, read Animal Law Coalition's 3 part series on North Carolina gas chambers (Part 3 is below and follow the links above to read Parts 1 and 2.

In Nash County where a billboard calls for a prohibition on CO gas chambers, the county government has persisted in use of the CO gas chamber.

The AVMA would still find use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber acceptable for dogs and cats as long as it is not used routinely.

The North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services («Dept.»), which regulates shelters, is supposed to enforce regulations for the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers.

«commercially compressed CO [gas must be] used and the following precautions... taken: (1) personnel using CO must be instructed thoroughly in its use and must understand its hazards and limitations; (2) the CO chamber must be of the highest quality construction and should allow for separation of individual animals; (3) the CO source and chamber must be located in a well - ventilated environment, preferably out of doors; (4) the chamber must be well lit and have view ports that allow personnel direct observation of animals; (5) the CO flow rate should be adequate to rapidly achieve a uniform CO concentration of at least 6 % after animals are placed in the chamber...; and (6) if the chamber is inside a room, CO monitors must be placed in the room to warn personnel of hazardous concentrations.

Nash County uses the CO gas chamber for killing shelter animals about 75 % of the time, substantially above the state average of approximately 29 %.

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It is together through the collaboration of dedicated volunteers that we rescue dogs in NYC as well as from other states that use gas chambers for euthanasia.