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STOP THE GASSING OF HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF SHERMAN, TEXAS ANIMAL SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
  1. Signatures
    2,153 out of 2,500
    Petitioning
    1. Council Member, City of Sherman, Tx (+ 9 others)
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      • Council Member, City of Sherman, Tx (Chip Adams)
      • Mayor, City of Sherman, Tx (Bill Magers)
      • Deputy Mayor, City of Shelter, Tx (Willie Steele)
      • Animal Shelter, Manager, City of Sherman, Tx (Steve Webb)
      • Council Member, City of Sherman, Tx (Cary Wacker)
      • Council Member, City of Sherman, Tx (Robert Softly)
      • Council Member, City of Sherman, Tx (Pamela Howeth)
      • Chief Animal Control Officer, City of Sherman, Tx (Scott Shadden)
      • Director of Development, City of Sherman, Tx (Scott Parker)
      • City Manager, City of Sherman, Tx (George Olson)
  2. Created By
    Louann Smith
    Plano, TX
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

Requesting that the City of Sherman, Texas Animal Shelter change their method of euthanization for innocent, voiceless homeless animals. The gas chamber, designated as inhumane by many. The time for change is now, 2011 to use more humane ways for euthanization.

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Stop the Gassing of Homeless Animals in City of Sherman, Texas Animal Shelter

Greetings,

Please Stop Gassing Homeless Pets Sherman, Texas

Greetings,

City of Sherman Animal facility is, unfortunately, part of a small minority of animal shelters that still considers the gas chamber a viable method of animal euthanasia.

The American Humane Association opposes gassing on the grounds that it is inhumane to animals and unsafe for human beings. Even when applied correctly, gassing can still take up to 25 to 30 minutes to end an animal’s life, whereas euthanasia by injection (EBI) causes loss of consciousness within 3 to 5 seconds and clinical death within 2 to 5 minutes.

It is unsafe because when carbon monoxide is released in a confined area, it can cause asphyxiation, kidney damage, or induced coma—gas chambers must be constantly checked and maintained to ensure no cracks in the structure or failing seals, and the consequences of failing to do so may even potentially expose your shelter to liability.

Research shows that gassing is also more expensive than euthanasia by injection, costing approximately $2.37 more per animal than euthanasia by injection.

The National Animal Control Association has condemned gassing as inhumane, in the same breath that it condemns electrocution, gunshot, and blunt force trauma as inhumane methods of euthanasia for shelter animals.

Please permanently dismantle City of Sherman's gas chamber. This is 2011 and now is the time to usher in the new decade with a new, more humane policy that ends gassing for all the innocent, voiceless and homeless animals of City of Sherman, Texas.


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