Each year millions of homeless animals our slaughtered in the United States alone, because they have no home. While most shelters have changed their methods of euthanasia to that of lethal injection there are still many that operate throughout the country using gas chambers as their method of killing. After being stuffed into a metal box the lid closes and carbon monoxide is pumped into the box as it slowly suffocates the animals to death. They gasp for breath, bleed from their cavities, and their cries can be heard from within the box, this was deemed unacceptable during the holocaust as it was inhumane and horrible, how could it be any different for animals just because they have fur and cannot speak our language? The shelter workers also suffer from this method of killing as many suffer from long term health problems due to carbon monoxide exposure. As well as the unimaginable mental side effects of having to do this time and time again. The danger does not stop with the workers, some gas chambers have completely exploded all together, this is dangerous for humans and animals alike, we need to use the safe alternative that is available. This is not only a dangerous and cruel method but an uneffective one at best, there have been multiple stories of shelter workers opening up the gas chamber door to dispose of bodies only to find a live dog staring up at them. Many of these times the dogs are put through this multiple times until they die. We are known as a nation of animal lovers, they give us nothing but their best, they give us their unconditional love, and loyalty, they at least deserve to die in peace. I challenge and encourage any one who disagrees with me to watch this video and look into your heart and find the time to sign this petition, if not for the animals, for the workers, and their families. Do it for your pet, your family, and your community. Let us come together we can make this world a safer place for everyone.
Each year millions of homeless animals our slaughtered in the United States alone, because they have no home. While most shelters have changed their methods of euthanasia to that of lethal injection there are still many that operate throughout the country using gas chambers as their method of killing. After being stuffed into a metal box the lid closes and carbon monoxide is pumped into the box as it slowly suffocates the animals to death. They gasp for breath, bleed from their cavities, and their cries can be heard from within the box, this was deemed unacceptable during the holocaust as it was inhumane and horrible, how could it be any different for animals just because they have fur and cannot speak our language? The shelter workers also suffer from this method of killing as many suffer from long term health problems due to carbon monoxide exposure. As well as the unimaginable mental side effects of having to do this time and time again. The danger does not stop with the workers, some gas chambers have completely exploded all together, this is dangerous for humans and animals alike, we need to use the safe alternative that is available. This is not only a dangerous and cruel method but an uneffective one at best, there have been multiple stories of shelter workers opening up the gas chamber door to dispose of bodies only to find a live dog staring up at them. Many of these times the dogs are put through this multiple times until they die. We are known as a nation of animal lovers, they give us nothing but their best, they give us their unconditional love, and loyalty, they at least deserve to die in peace. I challenge and encourage any one who disagrees with me to watch this video and look into your heart and find the time to sign this petition, if not for the animals, for the workers, and their families. Do it for your pet, your family, and your community. Let us come together we can make this world a safer place for everyone.
We signed the "Would you gas your dog or cat? Help stop the massacre." petition!
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9:01 am PDT, Mar 17,Molly Stevens, Minnesota
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9:48 am PST, Mar 13,HALINA ROLLY, Texas
# 3,710:
3:59 pm PST, Mar 10,Diane Cudahy, Wisconsin
I thought Hitler was dead - I can't believe this kind of thing happens in our world today. We should be ashamed that we let these things go one
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1:22 pm PST, Mar 10,Jackeline Rolly, Texas
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12:56 pm PST, Mar 10,Jaye Goodman, Vermont
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7:34 pm PST, Mar 8,Dalton Hayden, Missouri
THIS MUST STOP , THIS IS AN OUTRAGE M IF EVERYONE IS TECHNICALY AN ANIMAL , HUMANS WHO DO THIS WHOULD BE GASSED OR SENT TO JAIL!!!!! THESE ARE POUR INOCENT ANIMALS WERE TALKING ABOUT , WHAT THEY THEY DO TO YOU , YOU SHITHEADS!!!!!!
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7:38 am PST, Mar 8,Olga Astapova, Russian Federation
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10:24 am PST, Mar 7,Ada Whalen, Canada
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10:17 am PST, Mar 7,Sonia Higginson, United Kingdom
This is horrible and cruel, what age do we live in, seems more like the 1900, stop doing this slaughter, dog are supposed to be Man's best friend
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6:43 am PST, Mar 2,Kirsty Marwood, Australia
# 3,702:
12:45 pm PST, Feb 25,Allison Black, Canada
I WANNA PUNCH ALL THOSE CRUDHEADS IN THEIR GODDAM FACE! AHHHHH!!!!!!! >:(
# 3,701:
3:56 pm PST, Feb 22,Name not displayed, Florida
This is a cruel procedure and much worse than using a needle with medicine. These animals deserve better treatment and we should not be killing animals b/c they are an inconvenience to us. As a society we need to adopt them out and keep them until they find homes. Spay and neuter programs should be implemented in every community.
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9:36 am PST, Feb 10,Rita Chesterton, New Jersey
This is "dark ages" stuff.... we rightfully get upset about the holocaust, yet there are those who do it to animals every day and no one notices. It's time to stop the barbarity.
# 3,699:
4:49 pm PST, Feb 7,Leigh Allan, North Carolina
This needs to be stopped.
# 3,698:
8:31 am PST, Feb 7,Kristin Kallaher, Alabama
# 3,697:
12:09 pm PST, Feb 6,Name not displayed, Connecticut
They feel pain just as we do and many have suffered enough.
# 3,696:
9:05 am PST, Feb 5,Buffie White, New Hampshire
Gassing an animal is extremely cruel. It is not how I would want to die and I am sure you would not to die that was either. These animals need care and if we can't give them that care than the very least we can do is euthanize them humanely.
# 3,695:
1:51 pm PST, Feb 4,Maureen Dalton, Florida
Stop this inhumane treatment of these poor trusting animals
# 3,694:
10:01 am PST, Jan 23,Marie-Odette KRAEMER, France
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4:38 pm PST, Jan 22,Kristina Lindberg, Sweden
# 3,692:
2:20 pm PST, Jan 18,Silvia Batista, Portugal
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10:11 am PST, Jan 18,Brandy Reed, Ohio
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8:22 am PST, Jan 17,Name not displayed, Ohio
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9:50 pm PST, Jan 12,Afroditi Katsikis, California
# 3,688:
3:46 pm PST, Jan 12,Victor Marques, Portugal
Each year millions of homeless animals our slaughtered in the United States alone, because they have no home. While most shelters have changed their methods of euthanasia to that of lethal injection there are still many that operate throughout the country using gas chambers as their method of killing. After being stuffed into a metal box the lid closes and carbon monoxide is pumped into the box as it slowly suffocates the animals to death. They gasp for breath, bleed from their cavities, and their cries can be heard from within the box, this was deemed unacceptable during the holocaust as it was inhumane and horrible, how could it be any different for animals just because they have fur and cannot speak our language? The shelter workers also suffer from this method of killing as many suffer from long term health problems due to carbon monoxide exposure. As well as the unimaginable mental side effects of having to do this time and time again. The danger does not stop with the workers, some gas chambers have completely exploded all together, this is dangerous for humans and animals alike, we need to use the safe alternative that is available. This is not only a dangerous and cruel method but an uneffective one at best, there have been multiple stories of shelter workers opening up the gas chamber door to dispose of bodies only to find a live dog staring up at them. Many of these times the dogs are put through this multiple times until they die. We are known as a nation of animal lovers, they give us nothing but their best, they give us their unconditional love, and loyalty, they at least deserve to die in peace. I challenge and encourage any one who disagrees with me to watch this video and look into your heart and find the time to sign this petition, if not for the animals, for the workers, and their families. Do it for your pet, your family, and your community. Let us come together we can make this world a safer place for everyone.
# 3,687:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 12,Xuxa Caxuxa, France
Animals are not merchandise that are living beings let them live
# 3,686:
10:07 am PST, Jan 12,Lii Lizzeth, Sweden
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9:22 pm PST, Jan 11,Chris Achilles, Arizona
# 3,683:
8:21 pm PST, Jan 11,Charlene Baroni, Nevada
It's terrible enough that we kill these homeless pets to begin with, but if we are going to continue to do this it needs to be done as humanely as possible. Terrifying the animals and then putting them through a death by gassing is very cruel. Puppies, old dogs and sick dogs especially do not die quickly. And they scream and cry...please end this barbaric method of killing our country's homeless pets.
# 3,682:
7:45 pm PST, Jan 11,Nicole Schramm, Michigan
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6:14 pm PST, Jan 11,Vjera Knezevic, Germany
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4:13 pm PST, Jan 11,Johanne Burchfield, Maryland
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8:24 am PST, Jan 11,Paul Treeves, United Kingdom
# 3,677:
1:05 am PST, Jan 11,Elizabeth McMahon, New York
Please put an end to this antiquated and barbaric practice. We are only as humane as we treat our animals.
# 3,676:
8:36 pm PST, Jan 9,Robbin Perry, New Jersey
Here's some excerpts from a letter written by an animal control officer, living in North Carolina, who gasses dogs and cats for a living, "I'm the one that gasses the dogs and cats and makes them suffer. I'm the one that pulls their dead corpses out smelling of Carbon Monoxide and throws them into green plastic bags. But I'm also the one that hates my job and hates what I have to do." Another excerpt, "So, don't call me the monster, the devil, the gasser, call the politicians, the shelter directors, and the county people the devil. Heck, call the governor, tell him to make it stop. As usual, I will take sleeping pills tonight to drown out the screams I heard in the past, before I discovered the ear plugs. I will jump and twitch in my sleep, and I believe I'm starting to hallucinate. This is my life. Don't judge me. believe me, I judge myself enough." The rest of her letter can be found here: http://www.pethacker.com/i-put-dogs-in-the-gas-chamber. If this doesn't say enough about the atrocities and cruelty of animal gassing, I don't know what does. Please, I urge you to stop using the gas chamber as a method of euthanasia in the United States! I hope and pray this form of euthanasia will be abolished all over the world because it's cruel & inhumane.
# 3,675:
7:34 am PST, Jan 9,Denise H., Pennsylvania
I think it's horrible that we even allow any kind of gassing to be legal in any state. How much more barberic can we get?!!
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4:24 pm PST, Jan 5,Name not displayed, California
So horrific...how can this be legal and not be considered animal cruelty.
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4:27 pm PST, Jan 2,Christina Pascalidou, Greece
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5:10 pm PST, Dec 27,Carmen Armillas, Illinois
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4:21 am PST, Dec 27,Irina Denisova, Russian Federation
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9:20 pm PST, Dec 26,Jacqueline Schuck, Colorado
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4:18 pm PST, Dec 26,Karen Cannon, Texas
I find this a deplorable practice. How can the people who work there even stand for this. I'm sure it comes down to money, everything does. Please stop this inhumane treatment of animals, it is horrible and should not be allowed in the name of compassion. Shame,shame,shame.
# 3,668:
6:34 am PST, Dec 22,April Williams, New Hampshire
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5:28 am PST, Dec 7,Jarryd La Kay, South Africa
We need to protect the animals! They need to have a voice that will rise up for them!
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6:17 am PST, Dec 5,Lynn Dourourips, New Jersey
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4:06 am PST, Nov 27,Amanda Yeates, United Kingdom
Heartless bastards stop this mass cruelty now!!!!!!!!!!!
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8:36 am PST, Nov 26,Marilyn Mckinstry, Massachusetts
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9:52 pm PST, Nov 24,Amanda L Trueblood, Arizona
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7:29 pm PST, Nov 24,Ngaire Lucaites, American Samoa
This is so barbaric
# 3,661:
2:49 pm PST, Nov 24,Jennifer Hargest, Maryland
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6:39 am PST, Nov 24,Lisa Grassi, Austria
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11:00 pm PST, Nov 21,Sandi Walker, Canada
It disgusts me how unhumanely these poor animals are treated, they didn't ask to be here but are here because of irresponsible humans who refuse to spay or neuter their pets. Pet stores are the biggest problem they should be forced to spay or neuter any of the animals they are selling because most of them end up abandoned or in shelters being gassed or humanely euthanized if they are lucky.
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1:09 pm PST, Nov 21,Pamela Wikström, Sweden
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8:30 am PST, Nov 21,Judy Penna, Florida
# 3,656:
7:49 am PST, Nov 21,Lorie Abbott, Virginia
I am horrified by the number of innocent animals euthanized due to irresponsibility (not spaying and neutering and not making a commitment to the life of a pet) and gassing is a particularly inhumane method of euthanizing. Please, if one must euthanize do it humanely.
# 3,655:
7:25 am PST, Nov 21,Kim Tussey, Georgia
Really, haven't we become a little more evolved then to use these gas shelters. Uhhhhh YES! US just doesn't want to put these babies down humanely! What a shame!
# 3,654:
7:21 am PST, Nov 21,Nicolette Ludolphi, Germany
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4:32 am PST, Nov 21,Phoebe Chayance, United Kingdom