Senate Bill 354 (links to ASPCA summary and action) bans the gas chamber as a method to euthanize animals. When euthanasia must occur, we recommend euthanasia by injection (EBI) performed by trained professionals, according to AVMA guidelines, in order to make the procedure as peaceful and painless as possible. EBI is far more humane for the animals, is safer for workers, and costs less than using the gas chamber. Action Needed. Update January 2015 on SB 354: SB 354 has passed the Senate by a vote of 37 to 0 and is now awaiting a hearing in the House Committee on Local Government. That committee’s chair, Representative Amanda Price, has indicated that she wants to hear whether this is an important issue to Michigan citizens and whether they want the bill to be heard and passed in her committee. We know that answer to both of those is a resounding YES!! Take Action today: Please call the office of Rep. Amanda Price at (517) 373-0838 and politely tell her that you, as a Michigan citizen, care very much about the treatment of our state’s shelter pets, and would like her to schedule a hearing for SB 354, “Grant’s Bill” to end the use of gas chambers in Michigan shelters. Then, if your Representative is other than Rep. Price, please contact him or her to politely ask for a yes vote on SB 354 when it comes to the House floor. You can look up your state Representative at http://house.michigan.gov/mhrpublic/.