Please help ban the cruel and painful way of euthanasia at animal shelters throughout the United States known as Heartsticking*. Dogs and cats are denied basic care and are put to sleep using Heartstick* & Gassing (both cause a slow, painful, stressful death) methods. These forms of cruel euthanasia are banned in most states. They are considered to be cruel and inhumane by the Humane Society of the United States.

Let's fight for better laws to end animal cruelty in America and Worldwide. Help make 2010 a safer, happier, healthier year for animals!

*Intracardial injections, commonly referred to as "heart sticks," are considered inhumane and cruel when performed on animals that aren't anesthetized or comatose. Using the "heart stick" method is painful because the needle containing sodium pentobarbital - a schedule II controlled substance used to euthanize animals - passes through the chest wall and several layers of muscle before puncturing the heart. If the euthanasia substance isn't carefully and accurately administered, an animal's lungs could be punctured, causing them to fill with fluid, a cruel and painful way to die.

Intracardial injections are difficult to administer effectively on fully conscious animals because in the animal, the lungs and the heart are constantly moving, said Dr. Bonnie Beaver, a veterinarian and professor of veterinary medicine who is considered a euthanasia expert by the American Veterinary Medical Association.

BAN HEARTSTICK & GASSING in the SOUTH

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-heartstick-gassing-in-the-south

Tell Gaston Co NC Animal Control No to Gas, etc

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/tell-gaston-co-nc-animal-control-no-to-gas-etc

Put an end to Heartsticking

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/22/put-an-end-to-heartsticking.

Please help to end this cruel and inhumane method that some shelters use throughout the United States.

"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"

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