Signatures: 1,774
Goal: 25,000
Deadline: 1-24-2009

Thursday., Aug. 30, 2007: VIRGINIA COUNTIES ACT TO END CARBON MONOXIDE GAS CHAMBERS! Virginia Shelters Making Carbon Monoxide Euthanasia a Thing of the Past
Read animalsheltering.org story online at http://tinyurl.com/255m84

Sat., Feb. 24, 2007: VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REFUSES TO END GASSING OF PETS! General Assembly Adjourns! House Bill 3004 Dies Without Passage!
NEW SESSION CONVENES APRIL 2007! (2008 Bills to be Prefiled by Nov. 2007) END INHUMANE GASSING OF INNOCENT ANIMALS IN VIRGINIA!
“I’ve been a licensed vet tech for 20 years and have assisted and performed humane euthanasia countless times. This method is nothing short of archaic and disgusting and obviously done to cut corners. Again, the almighty $$$$$$$$ wins over what is humane. What ever happened to the old fashioned syringe? It’s not that difficult to euthanize an animal with compassion and dignity. This world and how it treats the beings that can’t speak for themselves makes me embarrassed to be part of the human race. Step up and do what’s right for these deserving animals!”–Petition Signatory No. 941, Lisa Carrano, New Port Richey, Florida, Feb. 26, 2007
“Virginia is for lovers?? Evidently not for lovers of animals!!!!”–Petition Signatory No. 998, Cayce O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 27, 2007
“Perfect example of Man’s inhumanity ... ...Worst animal on the planet.”–Petition Signatory No. 1,000, Diane Cieslak, Bay Village, Ohio, Feb. 27, 2007
“[A]nimal welfare is not just a moral problem to be solved with statutes, but a moral opportunity to fill our own lives with acts of compassion.... How we treat our fellow creatures is only one more way in which each of us, every day, writes our own epitaph—bearing into the world a message of light and life or just more darkness and death, adding to the world’s joy or to its despair.”–Dominion: The Power of Man, The Suffering of Animals, and The Calling to Mercy, by Matthew Scully, 2002 (New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press)

2007 Virginia Legislative Report Card:
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/yo6xx9)
Animals in Disasters
Bill Number: VA S.B. 787
Bill Status: Passed
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Walter Stosch (R, 12)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/22/07: Passed House. 1/30/07: Passed Senate.
Requires the State Department of Emergency Management to develop an emergency response plan to address the needs of agricultural and companion animals.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/34p9dz)

Report Dogfighting
Bill Number: VA S.B. 1345
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Benjamin Lambert (D, 9)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 1/29/07: Failed to report in the Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee.
Requires public employees, employees of or volunteers at pounds and shelters, and veterinarians, to report to animal control or law-enforcement officers injuries to a dog when the injury is consistent with dogfighting.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2j2tjy)

Tethering
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2098 and H.B. 2242
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Kenneth Alexander (D, 89) and Algie Howell (D, 90)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Agriculture Subcommittee.
These bills address the time limits and conditions under which a person can tether or chain a dog.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/39ppoz)

Sunday Hunting
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2303 & H.B. 1639
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Oppose
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Mark Cole (R, 88) and Daniel Marshall (R, 14)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 1/24/07: Left in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Allows hunting on Sundays, which is currently illegal in Virginia.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3a7c62)

Animals in Protective Orders
Bill Number: VA S.B. 932
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Patricia Ticer (D, 30)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Courts of Justice Committee.
Adds the protection of pets and livestock to court-issued protective orders.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3clk3d)

Cross-Reporting of Abuse
Bill Number: VA S.B. 935
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Patricia Ticer (D, 30)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/2/2007: Stricken at the Request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee.
Requires cross-reporting of animal cruelty and child/adult abuse by medical and education professionals, law enforcement, and animal control officers.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2osue6)

Adopting Stray Animals
Bill Number: VA S.B. 951
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Frederick Quayle (R, 13)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/2007: Failed to Report in the Courts of Justice Committee.
Allows a person living in any county to adopt a stray animal. Currently, only persons residing in the county where a municipal animal sheltering facility is operated or in an adjacent county can adopt from that facility. (Note: Some animal care advocates oppose this bill, because it allows dispersal of unsterilized pets.)
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3b76dw)

Prohibits the Use of Gas Chambers
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2412 & H.B 3004
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Clifford Athey (R, 18) and James Scott (D, 53)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.
Prohibits the use of gas chambers for animal euthanasia.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2tsyko)

Animal Adoption Tax Credit
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2686
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Del. Benjamin Cline (R, 24)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/2007: Left in Finance: Subcommittee #1.
Allows a nonrefundable credit to individuals who adopt animals from pounds or nonprofit shelters.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/38bc24)

Strengthen Cockfighting Penalties
Bill Number: VA S.B. 1190
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Wm. Roscoe Reynolds (D, 20)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/20/07: Left in House Appropriations Committee.
Strengthens penalties for cockfighting as well as possessing, owning, training, or selling any animal for the purpose of fighting.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2n77yx)

License Fee on Non-Spayed/Neutered Pets
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2100
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Rep. Rober Orrock, Sr. (R, 54)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.
Provides a financial disincentive for dog and cat owners who have not spayed or neutered their pets by allowing localities to charge a license fee of up to $20 for each animal.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2tzuoy)

Spay and Neuter of Animals from Dealers
Bill Number: VA H.B. 1853
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R, 99)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 1/17/2007: Tabled in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.
Requires a person who is adopting or purchasing a dog or cat from a dealer to sign an agreement that the animal will be spayed or neutered within 30 days. This is already required of pounds, animal shelters, humane societies, animal welfare organizations, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and other similar entities or home-based rescue organizations that release companion animals for adoption. Exemptions are made for fancier breeders, breed improvers, and hobby breeders who are not breeding for any profitable means.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2smosx)

Strengthen Animal Cruelty Law
Bill Number: VA H.B. 1900
Bill Status: Passed
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Del. David Albo (R, 42)
Legislature Status: Adjourned
Last Action: 2/13/07: Passed Senate.
2/6/07: Passed House.
Makes it a felony to intentionally deprive any animal of necessary food, drink, shelter or emergency veterinary treatment. The bill was amended from a felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3cuox3)

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.1-796.77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to euthanizing animals.
View the complete text of House Bill 3004 here!

Stop gassing helpless pets to brutal death in Virginia's animal shelters!
Find your local Virginia legislators here!
Contact the Members of the Agriculture Subcommittee of the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee!
Email Chairman Robert D. Orrock, Sr., here
Email Member Clarke N. Hogan here
Email Member Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr., here
Email Member Matthew J. Lohr here
Email Member and Bill Co-Patron Kenneth R. Plum here
Email Member Christopher B. Saxman here
Email Member Edward T. Scott here
Email Member Beverly J. Sherwood here
Email Member James A. Shuler here

Contact the Members of the Virginia House of Delegates here!
Contact the Members of the Virginia Senate here!
Helpful Links:
Virginia Voters for Animal Welfare:
http://www.virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/
Humane Society of the United States
Legislative Summary for Virginia:
http://tinyurl.com/yo6xx9

Richmond SPCA is not the author of this petition.

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Number	Date	Prefix	Name	Age	Gender	City	State	Zip/Postal Code	Country	What is your opinion about placing Virginia's homeless pets in lethal gas chambers?	What can the Virginia House of Delegates do to safeguard Virginia's endangered pets?	What can the average citizen do to enhance the safety and well-being of the community's homeless pets?
1,783	10:52 am PDT, Jul 28	Mrs.	Gisel Rodriguez Vale	30	Female	Rio Piedras	Puerto Rico	00926	United States	There are other ways, like populatio control.	Do there job.	Spread the word about population control, donate, volunteer.
1,782	8:46 pm PDT, Jul 11	Ms.	Anonymous	15	Female	Addison	Illinois	60101	United States	It is a horrifying thing to think about, it must stop NOW.	Pass a law or act to help save lives from this cruel and unnecessary cruelty	expand shelters and put food out for homeless pets.
1,781	6:40 am PDT, Jun 14	Mrs.	Andr�e Hussard	0	Female	Marseille		13016	France	�coeurant
1,780	12:49 am PDT, Mar 18	Mrs.	Lucette Cabrilhac	0	Female	Clichy-sous-bois		93390	France	C'est Horrible, Inhumain !!! STOP !!!
1,779	3:41 pm PST, Dec 28		Jennifer Gardner	27	Female	Melbourne	Florida	32935	United States	It is Inhumane!	If they need to be euthanized, it needs to be done humanely. Otherwise start no-kill shelters and educate the public about spay-neuter.	Spay-neuter, keep pets for their life, report any cruelty going on in their neighborhood, microchip their pets.
1,778	11:29 am PST, Dec 21		Martina Gubler	27	Female	Effretikon		8307	Switzerland	its horrible!!!
1,777	12:15 am PST, Dec 10		Snezana Milenkovic	30	Female	Nis		18000	Serbia And Montenegro	It's same as putting homless people in lethal gas chambers...
1,776	7:49 pm PST, Nov 27	Mr.	Ron Sin	33	Male	edenton	North Carolina	27932	United States	I think that is not the answer,the animals are scared as it is and the only crime they committed was being born and just wants to be loved,if they have to be put to death,use the needle instead so they can die piecefully and not be scared in a metal garbage bun...REMEMBER ADOLF HITLER	Stop the puppy mills and pet stores for selling animals and get the cats fixed and put the cats out in the streets,they can survive out there and they are good for rodet patrol.when it comes to dogs,train the dogs to help others out,like in police stations,hospitals,or start a dog or cat santuary and let them roam freely.	for cats,capture them and get them fixed and put them back out on the street and dogs we should get every animal in the shelter microchipped...
1,775	2:23 pm PST, Nov 10	Ms.	Dana Fillion	43	Female	Norwich	Connecticut	06360	United States	I think this is absolutely barbaric. They have as much of a right to live as we do.
1,774	1:50 pm PDT, Oct 2		Marcelle Josserand	0	Female	Charnoz		01800	France	C'est inadmissible !
1,773	1:48 pm PDT, Oct 2		Muriel Josserand	0	Female	Meximieux		01800	France	C'est inadmissible !
1,772	11:40 am PDT, Sep 14		Marc Marroyen	44	Male	Gent		9040	Belgium	STOP THAT
1,771	8:47 am PDT, Sep 14		roos baert	0	Female	zwevegem		8550	Belgium	stop
1,770	8:46 am PDT, Sep 14		kurt van kleef	0	Male	zwevegem		8550	Belgium	stop met het kweken van honden
1,769	8:46 am PDT, Sep 14		Iryna Marroyen	32	Female	Gent		9040	Belgium	this must be stoped!!!!
1,768	8:44 am PDT, Sep 14		isabelle pattyn	0	Female	zwevegem			Belgium	stop this horror
1,767	8:44 am PDT, Sep 14		vanessa callens	0	Female	zwevegem			Belgium	stop this horror
1,766	7:22 pm PDT, Aug 13	Ms.	Lianne Lavoie	20	Female	Winnipeg		R2C 1V5	Canada	If an animal does not have some sort of debilitating disease that is causing it to live in pain from which there is no possible relief, then there is no reason for that animal to die. Caring homes simply must be found for them instead.	Make it illegal to kill healthy animals. It's as simple as that.
1,765	8:19 pm PDT, Jul 23	Mrs.	Patricia Nigro	67	Female	Deltona	Florida	32725	United States	I think this is a horrible way to euthanize an animal, these poor animals had a hard enough life on the street at least mankind can give them a peaceful, compassion way to Rainbow Bridge.	Stop the gassing of these animals, perhaps the delegates need to go see how these animals die in the gas chamber to make them wake up.	Fight for "No kill Shelters".
1,764	11:53 am PDT, Jul 22		Yvette Monnet	64	Female	Port - Louis		56290	France	No !
1,763	9:46 pm PDT, Jul 21		Kimberly Word	0	Female	Milan	Ohio	44846	United States	It is just one more form of animal cruelty!
1,762	4:46 pm PDT, Jul 20	Mr.	Justin Forte	0	Male	Lake Elsinore	California	92530	United States	Its Wrong!
1,761	4:33 pm PDT, Jul 20	Mr.	Glen Summers	0	Male	Punta Gorda	Florida	33983	United States	I think it's cruel and inhuman! Have a sole for once!
1,760	2:43 pm PDT, Jul 20		Alicya Lima	38	Female	Silvolde		7064BR	Netherlands	horror
1,759	2:12 pm PDT, Jul 20	Mrs.	Kerry Woodham	42	Female	Manchester		M27 9UR	United Kingdom	I'm DISGUSTED, this HAS TO STOP!!!
1,758	10:36 am PDT, Jul 12		Jocelyn Bates	0	Female	Overland Park	Kansas	66204	United States	they're cruel, and not solving the real problem	spay and neuter, make and enforce laws against puppy mills and other such cruel breeding practices, make harsher laws punishing animal cruelty offenders, educate the public on these issues, raise money for sanctuaries instead of kill shelters	see above, and also, take care of their own companion animals! do not breed them (until every pet has a good home)! adopt your companion animals instead of buying from a store or breeder! volunteer or donate at sanctuaries and shelters! educate your kids on these issues!
1,757	9:05 pm PDT, Jul 9	Mrs.	Lindsey Sanders	24	Female	Brighton	Tennessee	38011	United States	This is completely inhumane.	Require spaying and neutering for all companion animals and provide funding for it.	Spay/neuter their pets!! Adopt from the local animal shelter. Never buy from a pet shop or breeder. Treat their animals well and educate their children to treat animals well.
1,756	2:55 pm PDT, Jul 3	Ms.	Annalisa Nipoti	29	Female	Desio		20033	Italy	Reminds me about Nazist Camps and it's disgusting!
1,755	12:33 pm PDT, Jul 1	Ms.	Sherri O'Connor	0	Female	Brantford Ontario		N3T 5W3	Canada	People who would do this to another living creature are no better than the Nazis.
1,754	12:38 pm PDT, Jun 27	Mrs.	Lori Baquero	45	Female	Cape Coral	Florida	33991	United States	Barbaric!!	Donate some of their over inflated salaries to No-Kill Shelters	Spay and Neuter your pets so they don't contribute to the problem!
1,753	7:56 am PDT, Jun 14	Mrs.	Susan Halloran	39	Female	Virginia Beach	Virginia	23453	United States	It is senseless cruelty, and barbarism that reflects back to the middle ages.	Give support and funding to no kill shelters to assist them in their programs.	Trap & Neuter programs are an effective alternative to euthenasia in mass quantities. Also, make your local shelter a monthly donation, and volunteer a couple hours a week. Become a foster home for your local shelter!
1,752	9:17 pm PDT, Jun 10	Ms.	Victoria Mary Stong/ AnimalRightsActivist	44	Female	Long Island City	New York	11101	United States	It's awful and horrendous! Please help a dog also who has been in a cage for 16 years!: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-peppy-who-has-lived-in-a-cage-for-16-years	Ban euthanization and build or sponsor No-Kill Shelters.	Spay and Neuter your pets immediately!
1,751	6:52 pm PDT, May 25		Silpa Solorio	24	Female	El Paso	Texas	79924	United States	How can you do this? This is wrong!

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RICHMOND VA: Stop gassing Virginia Pets! Support House Bill No. 3004

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dear AwlChat,

Tomorrow a member of our Board of Directors, in conjunction with the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies, is slated to testify before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture in support of Virginia General Assembly House Bill No. 3004. This bill would eliminate the use of gas chambers when euthanizing animals in Virginia. We support this legislation because the use of gas chambers is inhumane.

Below is a list of members of the subcommittee and their contact information. We would ask that you speak on behalf of animals in our state and support this legislation in any way that you are able. Specifically, you can contact these subcommittee members and ask that they support the bill. Only one member of this subcommittee, Kenneth Plum, is currently a co-patron, so it is urgent that you contact the other members to show your support.

Thank you for your time and support.

Robin Signature

Robin Robertson Starr
CEO

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House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Sub-Committee: Agriculture

Chairman:
Robert (Bobby) Orrock, Sr.
Email: DelBOrrock@house.state.va.us
District Address Phone: (540) 891-1322
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1054

Clarke N. Hogan
Email: DelCHogan@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (434) 575-0000
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1060

Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.
Email: DelLLewis@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (757) 787-1094
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1000

Matthew J. Lohr
Email: DelMLohr@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 437-1450
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1026

Kenneth R. Plum - Bill Co-Patron
Email: DelKPlum@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (703) 758-9733
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1036

Christopher B. Saxman
Email: DelCSaxman@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 886-8284
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1020

Edward T. Scott
Email: DelEScott@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 825-6400
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1030

Beverly J. Sherwood
Email: DelBSherwood@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 667-8947
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1029

James M. Shuler
Email: DelJShuler@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 953-1103
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1012

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