Utah bans the use of gas chambers to kill shelter dogs and cats leaving 2 states where it is legal

Gas chamber being smashed joyously

Utah bans the use of gas chambers to kill shelter dogs and cats but I’m told by Nathan Winograd that in the USA there are two states were gassing unwanted rescue cats and dogs at shelters remains legal. They are Wyoming and Missouri. Just two more states to go before gassing shelter cats and …

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Street protest September 29, 2022, against a gas chamber to kill shelter animals

The Humane Society’s photo of a gas chamber that Heber City Animal Services used in the past, which was removed in 2014

Nathan Winograd (The No Kill Advocacy Center) tells us in his Facebook post animal advocates are organising a street protest at 108 S. 100 East (Pleasant Grove Police Station) Pleasant Grove, UT, on September 29, 2022 and 10 AM. Gas chambers at animal shelters have almost entirely been phased out in America but the …

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4 gas chambers remain in America to kill shelter animals (Sept 2021)

The Humane Society’s photo of a gas chamber that Heber City Animal Services used in the past, which was removed in 2014

The Utah Animal Rights Coalition said that there are only four animal shelters in the USA that still euthanise pets in gas chambers. My research indicates that we are talking about carbon monoxide gas chambers. You can also get carbon dioxide gas chambers. As I understand it, the four remaining gas chambers referred to …

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Time to celebrate: Columbus County, NC gas chamber is being dismantled and destroyed

A reminder of old policies that meant a horrible as well as frightening death to the unwanted shelter pets will soon be gone at Columbus County Animal Control, located in Whiteville, North Carolina. One goal of this rural facility is to take the word “kill” out of the description, which killed an average of …

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An update on Bennettsville Animal Shelter: Gas chamber destroyed and pets going to rescues

This is an update on the animal shelter neglect situation taking place at Bennettsville Animal Shelter located in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Please read the October 28 PoC article that tells how the outcry on social media brought this rural shelter into the spotlight. Thanks to the quick action of animal advocates, a gas …

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Clarifications on policy to end NC animal shelter euthanasia by gassing

News broke this past week from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Section, where an announcement was made that carbon monoxide gassing will no longer be an accepted form of euthanasia in NC animal shelters effective February 15th 2015. Much of this was covered in the 2013 AVMA Euthanasia Guidelines. The six …

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People Smash Animal Gas Chamber With Sledgehammer

March 22 was a big day for the animals at the Medina County (Ohio) Animal Shelter, where a “destruction ceremony” was held in the parking lot of the Medina County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Cleveland.com News, powered by The Plain Dealer, was on-scene, along with more than 40 people who …

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