Utah is one of only nine states that still use monoxide gas chambers to dispose of shelter animals. Senate Bill 197 (SB 197) proposes closing down the gas chambers in the state. But the bill received pushback from animal control officers, and Utah lawmakers agreed to study the practice further.
There are too many variables to ensure that every animal gets a respectable death in gas chambers, including the state of the chamber, the age and health of the animal and how stressed the animal is. A lethal injection takes seconds -- not minutes -- and ensures the animal a peaceful goodbye.
If so many animal control officers across the United States have already managed without gas chambers, then surely Utah can too.
Demand Utah lawmakers ban -- not study -- the inhumane practice of monoxide gas chambers for good.
