TELL NORTH CAROLINA-QUIT KILLING PETS USING CRUEL GASING METHODS

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO. IT IS A REAL GAS CHAMBER IN NORTH CAROLINA-LISTEN HOW IT SOUNDS WHEN ANIMAL CONTROL EMPLOYEES TURN ON THE GAS. THIS IS A REAL VIDEO. THE SOUNDS ARE REAL. THIS IS WHAT IS LEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA-WHICH WAS BANNED IN 13 STATES DUE TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. 

If gas chambers were so "humane" then why was this practice banned for the worst serial killers in America, yet it's "okay" to do it to our innocent pets which  is senseless and cruel. These animals suffer horrendous terror losing bowel and bladder control due to fear, and often drown in their own vomit. Contrary to popular belief, is not humane. 

The Association of Shelter Veterinarians has stated, "...the use of carbon monoxide for individual or mass companion animal euthanasia in shelters is unacceptable due to significant humane, operational and safety concerns." Please read their document available online at: http://www.sheltervet.org/associations/4853/files/CO%20Position%20Statement.pdf

HSUS states, "Carbon monoxide (CO) gas is, without question, an unacceptable method of euthanasia in states where shelters can legally obtain and administer sodium pentobarbital." Source: http://www.animalsheltering.org/resource_library/policies_and_guidelines/statement_on_euthanasia.html

Further these tanks can leak that can damage employee health (leading to litigation) and is highly explosive.  Many cats and dogs went in a coma and were buried alive, or put in the freezer, still alive.

Elderly and pregnant animals often require several gas chamber sessions due to reduced lung capacity-and many animals are thrown into a single chamber.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0411_050411_peteuthanasia_2.html

"The animal is in a warm or hot box, usually with other animals. They don't know what's going on. The hiss of the gas is going on inside. They get dizzy, and they panic," he said. Fights can break out, and animals' calls can be heard.

Today most private and city animal shelters euthanize animals with sodium pentobarbital, a controlled substance that is injected into one of a dog or cat's veins. Animals die in seconds, experts say, and without pain or suffering.

Private-practice animal hospitals also use sodium pentobarbital to euthanize sick and old family pets.

The American Humane Association (AHA), an animal- and child-welfare nonprofit, says that lethal injection is the only acceptable method for putting down dogs and cats.

Currently 13 states, including California, Florida, and New York, require animal shelters to perform death by injection, according to the AHA."

Death by heart stick (intracardiac injection) should also be banned-the needle doesn't always hit is target and the animal screams in agony and does not die right away, even if it does enter the heart. It's a horrible way to die. A poison-filled syringe is jabbed through an animal's chest wall. This method also causes excruciating pain."

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