Truly how far we have come as a society, to insure suffering upon an animal at its last moments on earth, all because of our neglect to be responsible pet owners? This is appalling, especially considering the fact that Alabama doesn’t even offer this horrifying death as an option for its convicted murders.
People who rape and kill children have a more merciful death than animals who’s only crime is not having anyone to love and take care of them.
This county needs to enforce animal cruelty laws and focus on adoption and prevention methods, something that the sheriff’s department is not doing. Put someone in charge who has the animal’s welfare as a priority, because animals do have feelings too. They protect us, and our children, find drugs and bombs, they are loyal and offer unconditional love to people regardless of race or gender. They too deserve respect and dignity. If we focus on prevention and adoption methods, having to euthanize animals could become a thing of the past.
Apparent that domestic animal populations are on the rise due to irresponsible pet owners and many foreclosures on real estate properties.This does not offer an excuse however for the gassing of these animals.If euthanasia is the only option for an animal, it should be done intravenously, which offers the animal a painless and peaceful death, unlike the gas chamber where the animals are struggling to breathe and crying out for help. In a life and death struggle gasping for air, terrified, this is how the shelter animals are spending their last moments.
We need to start a Petition
Example for one:
We, concerned citizens of animal welfare, call on the state of Alabama to ban the use of gas chambers in all County Animal shelter and pounds .
This practice has been banned by many state`s in the use of this method for executions for convicted killers, why should it be used on domestic animals?
The gas chamber is in-humane and ensures a horrible death for the animals, this community should not allow this to take place.
If euthanasia is last result, it should be done intravenously, offering the animal a peaceful, dignified, and painless death.
The Sheriff's Department needs to be taken out of the Shelter, and someone needs to be in charge who has the animal's best interest as a priority. Prevention and adoption needs to be focused on so that one day euthanasia can one day be a thing of the past.
Gas chambers are not humane for many reasons. Animals are crammed into small areas with many other animals at a time. Fights, panic, and fear break out as the toxins enter their bodies and they gasp for air. They try to escape, but it is useless, they are trapped, and endure an unthinkably horrifying death. These means of insensitive killings are barbaric and should not be allowed (is this really how far we have came as a society to torture animals and inflict them with a traumatic death?). Should these animals be subjected to such treatment because of our neglect to help them? The elderly and pregnant dogs and cats require two or more gas sessions.
Euthanisia is described by many as "good death" or "mercy killing". This practice has many different methods that very from state to state. Euthanasia is widely used in the United States specifically on animals that are not in good health, injured, or are simply unwanted. These practices can be humane, such as with an intravenous injection resulting in a painless and peaceful death for the animal, however, in many shelters, this method is not the method that has been chosen to be used. Carbon Monoxide chambers (aka. Gas Chambers) are being used to kill large numbers of animals at a time. Very ironic considering the fact that most states have banned gas chamber executions on convicted murders due to the suffering that it causes an individual. Apparently people still seem to think that animals do not have emotions, that they cannot feel fear or pain.
It is important to educate everyone on this fact, without doing so, many will still be left in the dark about what is truly happening in shelters and in pounds.
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