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Shelters
The truth behind some of them
I thought gassing was no longer allowed in US But apparently it is. I was heart sick when I tried to adopt a baby from another state and before I could get her - she was gassed. Destroyed!!!! Gassed - to some that doesn't sound to bad - Wrong! Here are the cold hard facts: Gassing is "like a dark, dirty secret that no one wants exposed The lid, with a viewing window, was closed and the carbon monoxide in a tank next to the chamber was turned on. "There was a lot of barking, growling, crying, beating on the door trying to get out" as they were poisoned A gas chamber can be one that is an enclosure in a shelter or pound, and animals are placed inside and the gas turned on. These animals do not die quickly or painlessly. They struggle for breath. They claw to get out. This is not a pretty site . Some localities kill animals with carbon monoxide from internal combustion engines, instead of using bottled gas as recommended by the AVMA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture this if you can Two of the employees began pulling and tugging larger dogs toward the chamber -- this, in itself, was savage. The eyes of the dogs were full of fear as they were shoved into a large cylinder with another six dogs, all types. Next, five puppies were placed in the chamber. Noise. Yelling. Fighting. All scared, they shivered again and again, their eyes huge, their nostrils flaring. They were completely bewildered. One dog in the chamber, a male chow mix about one year old, started snapping at the puppies. All the dogs and puppies were in a desperate struggle, and the gassing had yet to begin. Then a button was pushed, and the two employees walked away as the chamber machine began pumping out streams of carbon monoxide. The little puppies started to paw at the glass window. After one full minute they started to whine and then produced a piercing squeal. Then the larger dogs started a high, mournful wailing, then a deeper howl that rose in great desperation for 45 seconds. The time from inception of hell for the dogs and puppies, to the completion of their cries of desperation, was between two and six minutes. Most times they push the button & walk away- it's to horrible to stay & hear the sounds ================================================== Another method of euthanizing is the heart-stick. This is an injection directly into the heart and very painful to the animal. Any animal being euthanized in this manner should first be sedated. This is not the case. They are being killed, by pushing this needle into the heart - sometimes missing the heart completely, and the animal dies a horribly, painful death.
DOES THIS SOUND HUMANE TO YOU?
Important: The pound is a county facility as are most pounds. They are almost always kill facilities Just because someone takes their animal to a humane society, it doesn't mean it is safe. As a matter of fact, owner relinquished dogs and cats are many times marched back to a room and killed soon after being taken in. Not all Humane Shelter are No-Kill!!!!!!!!! |
