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Stop The Use of Gas Chambers in the United States

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President Obama
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Please read the information below to understand why the gassing of animals must stop.  Feel free to visit our website for more details.  www.pawsoftomorrow.com
 



Consider the following (WARNING - Graphic Material):



Can you imagine being thrown into a huge metal box with a half a dozen other folks, just thrown in on top of one another and having the lid closed.  In total darkness, you're scared and you can hear the whimpering and crying of the others in the box. What is going on, why are we here?  Then you all start to cough and choke, there is no air to breathe, your lungs feel like they will burst any second.  Your eyes and nose are running and you lose control of all bodily functions.  The stench is unbearable and the screams and cries are ear shattering.  Then it starts to get quiet, one by one the others stop their whimpering and though disoriented and unable to move you try to make since of what is going on. And then there is light, the lid comes up and hope rises that whatever happened is all over and its time to get out of here.  Before you can get oriented and figure out what took place, another group of squirming and whimpering live bodies are tossed into the box on top of you, the lid closes again and the horror continues.  Your barely conscious and lose track of how many times this procedure was performed before you find yourself out in the light being stuffed in a huge plastic bag and disposed of at the dump.  You're trying to make a noise, pleading that someone will realize that you are still alive, but you can't.  You're too weak and suffer neurological damage from the gas.  Eventually you die, suffering terribly amidst a pile of dead bodies..and your last thought is, What did we do to deserve this? 



The answer is, Nothing..you did nothing wrong.  You're paying for the selfishness and irresponsibility of humans.



Every year countless innocent animals are put down in this cruel manner and they suffer unbelievable torture.  This is not acceptable and the laws need to be changed. 



An army veteran recalls, I have been through a gas chamber on a dozen different occasions.  As regular training we were required to stay in the chamber long enough to say our name, rank, and serial number.  A total of about 5 seconds.  We came out of that chamber vomiting, every orifice spewing of fluids. Our skin, every pore in our body burned.  Every one of us gagged and choked and thought we would die.  The effect of this lasted for what seemed like forever, and we thought the suffering would never stop.  This was 5 seconds and was unbearable.  The gas chamber was my biggest fear while serving my country.  The animals don't always die from the gas, we know of several cases where people have found live dogs in the bags at the dump.  These dogs are always permanently disabled from the effects of the gas.  All animals deserve more than this and we as caretakers owe them more.





A Letter That Needed To Be Posted:



I Gas Dogs and Cats for a Living. I'm an Animal Control officer in a very small town in central North Carolina. I'm in my mid thirties, and have been working for the town in different positions since high school.



There is not much work here, and working for the county provides good pay and benefits for a person like me without a higher education. I'm the person you all write about how horrible I am.



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.



First off, all you people out there that judge me, don't. God is judging me, and I know I'm going to Hell. Yes, I'm going to hell. I wont lie, it's despicable, cold, cruel and I feel like a serial killer. I'm not all to blame, if the law would mandate spay and neuter, lots of these dogs and cats wouldn't be here for me to gas. I'm the devil, I know it, but I want you people to see that there is another side to me the devil Gas Chamber man.



The shelter usually gasses on Friday morning.



Friday's are the day that most people look forward to, this is the day that I hate, and wish that time will stand still on Thursday night. Thursday night, late, after nobody's around, my friend and I go through a fast food line, and buy 50 dollars worth of cheeseburgers and fries, and chicken. I'm not allowed to feed the dogs on Thursday, for I'm told that they will make a mess in the gas chamber, and why waste the food.



So, Thursday night, with the lights still closed, I go into the saddest room that anyone can every imagine, and let all the doomed dogs out out their cages.



I have never been bit, and in all my years doing this, the dogs have never fought over the food. My buddy and I, open each wrapper of cheeseburger and chicken sandwich, and feed them to the skinny, starving dogs.



They swallow the food so fast, that I don't believe they even taste it. There tails are wagging, and some don't even go for the food, they roll on their backs wanting a scratch on their bellys. They start running, jumping and kissing me and my buddy. They go back to their food, and come back to us. All their eyes are on us with such trust and hope, and their tails wag so fast, that I have come out with black and blues on my thighs.. They devour the food, then it's time for them to devour some love and peace. My buddy and I sit down on the dirty, pee stained concrete floor, and we let the dogs jump on us. They lick us, they put their butts in the air to play, and they play with each other. Some lick each other, but most are glued on me and my buddy.



I look into the eyes of each dog. I give each dog a name.



They will not die without a name.



I give each dog 5 minutes of unconditional love and touch.



I talk to them, and tell them that I'm so sorry that tomorrow they will die a gruesome, long, torturous death at the hands of me in the gas chamber.



Some tilt their heads to try to understand.



I tell them, that they will be in a better place, and I beg them not to hate me.



I tell them that I know I'm going to hell, but they will all be playing with all the dogs and cats in heaven.



After about 30 minutes, I take each dog individually, into their feces filled concrete jail cell, and pet them and scratch them under their chins. Some give me their paw, and I just want to die. I just want to die. I close the jail cell on each dog, and ask them to forgive me. As my buddy and I are walking out, we watch as every dog is smiling at us and them don't even move their heads. They will sleep, with a full belly, and a false sense of security.



As we walk out of the doomed dog room, my buddy and I go to the cat room.



We take our box, and put the very friendly kittens and pregnant cats in our box.
The shelter doesn't keep tabs on the cats, like they do the dogs.



As I hand pick which cats are going to make it out, I feel like I'm playing God, deciding whose going to live and die.



We take the cats into my truck, and put them on blankets in the back.



Usually, as soon as we start to drive away, there are purring cats sitting on our necks or rubbing against us.



My buddy and I take our one way two hour trip to a county that is very wealthy and they use injection to kill animals.



We go to exclusive neighborhoods, and let one or two cats out at a time.



They don't want to run, they want to stay with us. We shoo them away, which makes me feel sad.



I tell them that these rich people will adopt them, and if worse comes to worse and they do get put down, they will be put down with a painless needle being cradled by a loving veterinarian. After the last cat is free, we drive back to our town.



It's about 5 in the morning now, about two hours until I have to gas my best friends.



I go home, take a shower, take my 4 anti-anxiety pills and drive to work.. I don't eat, I can't eat. It's now time, to put these animals in the gas chamber. I put my ear plugs in, and when I go to the collect the dogs, the dogs are so excited to see me, that they jump up to kiss me and think they are going to play.



I put them in the rolling cage and take them to the gas chamber. They know. They just know. They can smell the death.. They can smell the fear. They start whimpering, the second I put them in the box. The boss tells me to squeeze in as many as I can to save on gas. He watches. He knows I hate him, he knows I hate my job. I do as I'm told. He watches until all the dogs, and cats (thrown in together) are fighting and screaming. The sounds is very muffled to me because of my ear plugs. He walks out, I turn the gas on, and walk out.



I walk out as fast as I can. I walk into the bathroom, and I take a pin and draw blood from my hand. Why? The pain and blood takes my brain off of what I just did.



In 40 minutes, I have to go back and unload the dead animals. I pray that none survived, which happens when I overstuff the chamber. I pull them out with thick gloves, and the smell of carbon monoxide makes me sick. So does the vomit and blood, and all the bowel movements. I pull them out, put them in plastic bags.



They are in heaven now, I tell myself. I then start cleaning up the mess, the mess, that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not spay or neutering your animals. The mess that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not demanding that a vet come in and do this humanely. You ARE THE TAXPAYERS, DEMAND that this practice STOP!



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.




This has been posted all over the internet, we are unsure of who originally wrote it.   We feel that it sums up what we're doing, what we work and live for every day of our lives.  We need to all work together to get these laws changed, and these acts outlawed. This is why we do what we do.

Please read the information below to understand why the gassing of animals must stop.  Feel free to visit our website for more details.  www.pawsoftomorrow.com
 



Consider the following (WARNING - Graphic Material):



Can you imagine being thrown into a huge metal box with a half a dozen other folks, just thrown in on top of one another and having the lid closed.  In total darkness, you're scared and you can hear the whimpering and crying of the others in the box. What is going on, why are we here?  Then you all start to cough and choke, there is no air to breathe, your lungs feel like they will burst any second.  Your eyes and nose are running and you lose control of all bodily functions.  The stench is unbearable and the screams and cries are ear shattering.  Then it starts to get quiet, one by one the others stop their whimpering and though disoriented and unable to move you try to make since of what is going on. And then there is light, the lid comes up and hope rises that whatever happened is all over and its time to get out of here.  Before you can get oriented and figure out what took place, another group of squirming and whimpering live bodies are tossed into the box on top of you, the lid closes again and the horror continues.  Your barely conscious and lose track of how many times this procedure was performed before you find yourself out in the light being stuffed in a huge plastic bag and disposed of at the dump.  You're trying to make a noise, pleading that someone will realize that you are still alive, but you can't.  You're too weak and suffer neurological damage from the gas.  Eventually you die, suffering terribly amidst a pile of dead bodies..and your last thought is, What did we do to deserve this? 



The answer is, Nothing..you did nothing wrong.  You're paying for the selfishness and irresponsibility of humans.



Every year countless innocent animals are put down in this cruel manner and they suffer unbelievable torture.  This is not acceptable and the laws need to be changed. 



An army veteran recalls, I have been through a gas chamber on a dozen different occasions.  As regular training we were required to stay in the chamber long enough to say our name, rank, and serial number.  A total of about 5 seconds.  We came out of that chamber vomiting, every orifice spewing of fluids. Our skin, every pore in our body burned.  Every one of us gagged and choked and thought we would die.  The effect of this lasted for what seemed like forever, and we thought the suffering would never stop.  This was 5 seconds and was unbearable.  The gas chamber was my biggest fear while serving my country.  The animals don't always die from the gas, we know of several cases where people have found live dogs in the bags at the dump.  These dogs are always permanently disabled from the effects of the gas.  All animals deserve more than this and we as caretakers owe them more.





A Letter That Needed To Be Posted:



I Gas Dogs and Cats for a Living. I'm an Animal Control officer in a very small town in central North Carolina. I'm in my mid thirties, and have been working for the town in different positions since high school.



There is not much work here, and working for the county provides good pay and benefits for a person like me without a higher education. I'm the person you all write about how horrible I am.



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.



First off, all you people out there that judge me, don't. God is judging me, and I know I'm going to Hell. Yes, I'm going to hell. I wont lie, it's despicable, cold, cruel and I feel like a serial killer. I'm not all to blame, if the law would mandate spay and neuter, lots of these dogs and cats wouldn't be here for me to gas. I'm the devil, I know it, but I want you people to see that there is another side to me the devil Gas Chamber man.



The shelter usually gasses on Friday morning.



Friday's are the day that most people look forward to, this is the day that I hate, and wish that time will stand still on Thursday night. Thursday night, late, after nobody's around, my friend and I go through a fast food line, and buy 50 dollars worth of cheeseburgers and fries, and chicken. I'm not allowed to feed the dogs on Thursday, for I'm told that they will make a mess in the gas chamber, and why waste the food.



So, Thursday night, with the lights still closed, I go into the saddest room that anyone can every imagine, and let all the doomed dogs out out their cages.



I have never been bit, and in all my years doing this, the dogs have never fought over the food. My buddy and I, open each wrapper of cheeseburger and chicken sandwich, and feed them to the skinny, starving dogs.



They swallow the food so fast, that I don't believe they even taste it. There tails are wagging, and some don't even go for the food, they roll on their backs wanting a scratch on their bellys. They start running, jumping and kissing me and my buddy. They go back to their food, and come back to us. All their eyes are on us with such trust and hope, and their tails wag so fast, that I have come out with black and blues on my thighs.. They devour the food, then it's time for them to devour some love and peace. My buddy and I sit down on the dirty, pee stained concrete floor, and we let the dogs jump on us. They lick us, they put their butts in the air to play, and they play with each other. Some lick each other, but most are glued on me and my buddy.



I look into the eyes of each dog. I give each dog a name.



They will not die without a name.



I give each dog 5 minutes of unconditional love and touch.



I talk to them, and tell them that I'm so sorry that tomorrow they will die a gruesome, long, torturous death at the hands of me in the gas chamber.



Some tilt their heads to try to understand.



I tell them, that they will be in a better place, and I beg them not to hate me.



I tell them that I know I'm going to hell, but they will all be playing with all the dogs and cats in heaven.



After about 30 minutes, I take each dog individually, into their feces filled concrete jail cell, and pet them and scratch them under their chins. Some give me their paw, and I just want to die. I just want to die. I close the jail cell on each dog, and ask them to forgive me. As my buddy and I are walking out, we watch as every dog is smiling at us and them don't even move their heads. They will sleep, with a full belly, and a false sense of security.



As we walk out of the doomed dog room, my buddy and I go to the cat room.



We take our box, and put the very friendly kittens and pregnant cats in our box.
The shelter doesn't keep tabs on the cats, like they do the dogs.



As I hand pick which cats are going to make it out, I feel like I'm playing God, deciding whose going to live and die.



We take the cats into my truck, and put them on blankets in the back.



Usually, as soon as we start to drive away, there are purring cats sitting on our necks or rubbing against us.



My buddy and I take our one way two hour trip to a county that is very wealthy and they use injection to kill animals.



We go to exclusive neighborhoods, and let one or two cats out at a time.



They don't want to run, they want to stay with us. We shoo them away, which makes me feel sad.



I tell them that these rich people will adopt them, and if worse comes to worse and they do get put down, they will be put down with a painless needle being cradled by a loving veterinarian. After the last cat is free, we drive back to our town.



It's about 5 in the morning now, about two hours until I have to gas my best friends.



I go home, take a shower, take my 4 anti-anxiety pills and drive to work.. I don't eat, I can't eat. It's now time, to put these animals in the gas chamber. I put my ear plugs in, and when I go to the collect the dogs, the dogs are so excited to see me, that they jump up to kiss me and think they are going to play.



I put them in the rolling cage and take them to the gas chamber. They know. They just know. They can smell the death.. They can smell the fear. They start whimpering, the second I put them in the box. The boss tells me to squeeze in as many as I can to save on gas. He watches. He knows I hate him, he knows I hate my job. I do as I'm told. He watches until all the dogs, and cats (thrown in together) are fighting and screaming. The sounds is very muffled to me because of my ear plugs. He walks out, I turn the gas on, and walk out.



I walk out as fast as I can. I walk into the bathroom, and I take a pin and draw blood from my hand. Why? The pain and blood takes my brain off of what I just did.



In 40 minutes, I have to go back and unload the dead animals. I pray that none survived, which happens when I overstuff the chamber. I pull them out with thick gloves, and the smell of carbon monoxide makes me sick. So does the vomit and blood, and all the bowel movements. I pull them out, put them in plastic bags.



They are in heaven now, I tell myself. I then start cleaning up the mess, the mess, that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not spay or neutering your animals. The mess that YOU PEOPLE are creating by not demanding that a vet come in and do this humanely. You ARE THE TAXPAYERS, DEMAND that this practice STOP!



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.




This has been posted all over the internet, we are unsure of who originally wrote it.   We feel that it sums up what we're doing, what we work and live for every day of our lives.  We need to all work together to get these laws changed, and these acts outlawed. This is why we do what we do.

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We signed the "Stop The Use of Gas Chambers in the United States" petition!
# 891:
3:42 pm PST, Nov 20, Mark Connolly, United Kingdom
# 890:
12:33 pm PST, Nov 20, Luz Butron, Mexico
# 889:
12:30 pm PST, Nov 20, Debbi Scheun, South Africa
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# 888:
12:27 pm PST, Nov 20, Stina Jolie, Sweden
# 887:
12:26 pm PST, Nov 20, Sophie Öst, Sweden
# 886:
8:22 am PST, Nov 20, Brian Bernard, Illinois
this is a horrible way to put animals down i cant believe that it is still used
# 885:
7:46 am PST, Nov 20, Jen Tonon, Maryland
# 884:
7:44 am PST, Nov 20, Lesley Sinden, United Kingdom
# 883:
7:35 am PST, Nov 20, ERIN SPARKS, Ohio
Stop this barbaric form of putting dogs down. It is cruel and painful and horrifying for the animals involved. Sometimes all animals don't even die on the first gassing and have to go through it again. It brings tears to my eyes thinking of the horror. Please please stop this and enforce injections only.
# 882:
6:57 am PST, Nov 20, DESPLATS Martine, France
Quelle horreur comment peut-on encore tuer lentement des animaux sans défense qui n'ont rien fait de mal, que ceux qui interviennent d'une manière ou d'une autre dans ce scandale soient maudits jusqu'à leur 13ème génération......
# 881:
5:57 am PST, Nov 20, Aija Arikane, Ireland
# 880:
3:17 am PST, Nov 20, Diana Arikane, Ireland
# 879:
5:54 pm PST, Nov 19, Tiffany Holsen, Pennsylvania
# 878:
11:19 am PST, Nov 19, AnimalSpirit Martz, Indiana
# 877:
7:55 am PST, Nov 19, Vanda Kight, Georgia
I have heard the animals crying as they were gassed. I will never forget the sound. There has to be a more humane way.
# 876:
7:48 am PST, Nov 19, T. M. V. Leigh, California
This is an atrocity cruel and inhumane T.M.V. Leigh
# 875:
8:57 am PST, Nov 18, Frederic Carlson, Connecticut
None of God's creatures should have to suffer like this. I am asking you to please stop this immediately!!!!
# 874:
7:34 pm PST, Nov 17, Lynn Walker, Texas
Instead of spending all that money on gassing all these animals, why not use that money for spaying and neutering and education so that there aren't all these unwanted animals. Not to mention that gassing is inhumane. Lets show our humanity by stopping this horrible practice.
# 873:
10:13 am PST, Nov 17, Amy Koenig, Indiana
Let's fund FREE spay/neuter clinics for all for a decade instead of funding gas chambers. Initially it would be an extra expense, but in the end it would save A LOT of money - and a LOT of lives!!!!!
# 872:
10:04 am PST, Nov 17, Peter Williams, United Kingdom
Stop doing to animals that which Hitler did to the the Jews
# 871:
8:31 am PST, Nov 17, CRISTINA PASTORELLI, Italy
# 870:
7:36 am PST, Nov 17, Jess Kronebusch, Minnesota
i found the letter attatched to this petition on craigslist, its a tragedy that these innocent lives have to be lost in this manner. i volunteer at a local humane society and i get to spend time with the homeless animals. they are loving, playful, thankful for every touch they recieve. I get to look into the eyes of these animals and its torture for me to think of one of them being killed in such an inhumane way. they give love freely, we owe it to them to stop this.
# 869:
7:23 am PST, Nov 17, Alicia Yeow, Singapore
# 868:
5:12 am PST, Nov 17, Allison Ilcken, Florida
# 867:
2:39 am PST, Nov 17, Tiffany Meaney, Arizona
# 866:
11:17 pm PST, Nov 16, Deniece Weatherburn, Michigan
This story, the letter from the Gas Man, breaks my heart and brings me to tears every time I read it. I know there are people who do this job and may not care, but I cannot fathom the heartache and psychological effects for the most of them. Please bring an end to this barbaric practice... mostly to end needless suffering of the animals, but just as importantly, for the people forced to kill them this way.
# 865:
9:53 pm PST, Nov 16, Patti Angeliz Mauldin, Washington
# 864:
8:59 pm PST, Nov 16, Frances Renteria, California
# 863:
8:58 pm PST, Nov 16, Tania Castro, Maryland
# 862:
6:46 pm PST, Nov 16, Suzanne Pearson, Ohio
Suzanne Pearson
# 861:
6:10 pm PST, Nov 16, Janice Green, Florida
NO!!!! NO MORE!!!
# 860:
5:41 pm PST, Nov 16, Trudy Moore, Pennsylvania
Please, Think what you're doing to these poor animals, when all they do for you is offer their love. They are always there to give you love and all they want is a friend to love them back. And they get no love , all they get is put in the gas chambers to be put to death..Poor babies may have never had anyone treat them with respect and good feelings. Now they're murdered..Not Fair at all..
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5:39 pm PST, Nov 16, Miss Heidi, Florida
# 858:
4:14 pm PST, Nov 16, Nina Vaughn, Illinois
# 857:
3:04 pm PST, Nov 16, Crystal Overland, Louisiana
# 856:
12:04 pm PST, Nov 16, Melinda Allen, Pennsylvania
STOP THIS INHUMANE METHOD OF EUTHANIZING THESE POOR SWEET ANIMALS.i feel its wrong.WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? WHY CAN'T THESE POOR INNOCENT ANIMALS BE TREATED WITH SOME KINDNESS AND COMPASSION.use it on people who do deserve it like MURDERS, BABY KILLERS & RAPISTS... NOT INNOCENT ANIMALS!!!!let these poor ainmals live.but they rather let these worthless people live,it really makes me sick in my stomach.plz stop it.
# 855:
11:54 am PST, Nov 16, Kimberly Sutcliffe, Missouri
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11:33 am PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Texas
# 853:
11:30 am PST, Nov 16, Paul Thornton, Ohio
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11:24 am PST, Nov 16, Monica Taylor, Wisconsin
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10:41 am PST, Nov 16, Gary Simons, New Jersey
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