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Ban the usage of gas chambers in the Davidson County Animal Shelter |
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Published by
Tina York on May 07, 2008
Category:
Animal
Welfare
Region:
United States
of America
Target:
To put and
end to the Davidson County Animal Shelters gas
chamber
Web
site: http://freewebs.com/tnyrk/
Description/History:
Is this 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 North Carolina 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, but in order to get here, we must be
willing to set a goal and work towards this solution.
It is
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. I encourage that you
witness this barbaric practice first hand and then make your
decision on what needs to be done.
Train a person who works at
the shelter to administer this intravenous method of euthanasia and
extra money will not have to be spent in hiring a vet tech to
perform this procedure. Get the sheriff’s department out of the
shelter and put someone in charge who actually cares about the
animals welfare. If adoption and prevention are focused on and
enforced, I can guarantee that a results will be measurable.
It
is up to Davidson County to set an example for other counties and
states to show that we will not stand by and allow these in-humane
practices to take place in our community!
Concerned
citizen, Tina
York
Petition:
We,
concerned citizens of animal welfare, call on Davidson County to
ban the use of gas chambers in the Davidson County Animal shelter.
This practice has been banned by the state 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.
Welcome
To My Mission!
This
site has been made in attempt to share information about a very
important topic that has been overlooked for too long. It is
time to make a change, and take a step forward to stand up for what
you believe to be fair and humane treatment for shelter
animals. Some of the material on this site is disturbing, but
it is important that you see this information and media, in order
to understand the urgency needed to raise awareness about the topic
at hand.
VIDEO
What exactly is Euthanisia?
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.
This is in-humane and is the reason as to why I have created this
site. I am starting one county at a time, beginning with
Davidson County, to make a change and stand up for the voices
that cannot be heard.
Why
is Gassing Animals In-Humane?
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?
This
video is hard to watch, but it is important that you watch it and
not look away. Watch it for the lives that are lost daily and
see that these animals deserve better. In this way you can
see that something has to be done, now.
VIDEO
Eye
Witness Accounts
of this Practice
"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.
That morning of my witness, 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.
As the employees
walked away, I knew it was my love, my honor, my devotion to
animals that I must not blink and watch every second, every animal
struggle to avoid death. However, tears from my heart did overwhelm
me that tragic morning."
"One
cat ran back and forth for minutes on end in the carbon monoxide
chamber, jumping and slamming his body against the cage as though
trying to eacape. A puppy who'd been gassed with other
animals was still alive and crying after the rest were dead, so he
was gassed again, and then again, until he finally died
too."
“The
noise from the howling dogs inside the chamber was so loud and
sounded so awful, that shelter workers always tried to get as far
away as possible once the gas came on."
"If
people actually saw the gas chamber working, they would sign a
petition tomorrow to ban it."
VIDEO
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 not
only in North Carolina but nation wide.