Triumph for the State of Texas!

How does your local Vet euthanize their pets? Do you consider their practices humane? It's hard to believe but there are still areas that use very inhumane ways to euthanize animals. But after Friday of last week that practice has come to a hault in the state of Texas.

Lawmakers along with Governor Rick Perry signed a bill on May 10, 2013 that immediately bans gas chamber euthanasia for homeless pets throughout the state of Texas.

The bills to ban gas chambers and require homeless pets be euthanized by sodium pentobarbital injection (EBI) were introduced by Representative Eddie Lucio III and Senator Kirk Watson earlier this year and had gained support from the public and a number of animal advocacy organizations, including the Texas Humane Legislation Network (THLN), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

Prior to the Texas Euthanasia Act of 2003, Texas shelters were killing dogs and cats by drowning, shooting, clubbing, strangling, and by carbon monoxide poisoning from truck and car exhaust systems hooked up to makeshift plywood boxes. The 2003 law prohibited most of these methods, limiting shelters to two methods: carbon monoxide gassing or sodium pentobarbital.

Sadly, more than 100,000 dogs and cats are still being euthanized every year in Texas shelters.

The gas used, typically carbon monoxide, can affect each animal differently and can subject them to prolonged fear, stress and suffering, along with causing aggressive behavior when multiple animals are gassed together. Unconsciousness and death don’t occur until there is enough buildup of gas in the lungs, which can take up to 30 minutes and cause terrified animals to suffer needlessly. Gas chambers also pose a threat to the safety and well being of shelter workers.

Do you all agree with this new ban? Sounds great to me. I totally agree that there are more humane ways to euthanize our pets and its about time that others mold to the curve.

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