We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

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

Target: Kenneth Plum, Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates
Sponsor: Dave O'Connell, http://SeniorPetsProgram.org
  • Signatures: 1,747
  • Goal: 25,000
  • Deadline: Ongoing...


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.


Gas Chamber for the destruction of unwanted animals.Euthanized pets, awaiting disposal.

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Number Date 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? Picture Report
1,756 2:55 pm PDT, Jul 3 Annalisa Nipoti 29 Female Desio   20033 Italy Reminds me about Nazist Camps and it's disgusting!      
1,755 12:33 pm PDT, Jul 1 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 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 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 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!      
1,750 1:37 pm PDT, May 9 Carrie Vogan 19 Female Lexington Tennessee 38351 United States Awful.      
1,749 11:01 am PDT, May 4 Kimberly Tilley 28 Female Mountain Home Idaho 83647 United States I think it should be stopped. All animals can be rehomed into loving and caring homes. Should you also put homeless people into the chambers to? People and animals deserve the same rights.      
1,748 6:06 pm PDT, May 2 Manuela Ramirez 29 Female Eppstein   65817 Germany Stop killing defenseless pets! Thats barbaric!      
1,747 6:47 pm PDT, May 1 Lisa Murr 33 Female Columbia South Carolina 29212 United States Absolutely horrific!! Reminds me of the Nazis.    
1,746 12:05 pm PDT, May 1 Andrea Townsley 24 Female Ocala Florida 34479 United States Disgusting! What is this, Nazi Germany for pets??? Make all shelters no-kill and ban gas chambers. Don't put have poisonous plants in their yard, use care when driving to make sure they don't hit an animal that may run out in the road, be kind to any animal they may find, try to find a home for an animal they come across, and if they can't find a home, take it to a no-kill shelter.  
1,745 9:53 pm PDT, Apr 29 Ana Loa 33 Female Pleasanton California 94566 United States I can't believe it is still legal to gas these defenseless animals!      
1,744 2:57 am PDT, Apr 29 Cecy V. Aguirre López 36 Female Mexico City   04389 Mexico It's so cruel help finding homes for this pets try to adopt them
1,743 12:45 pm PDT, Apr 25 Tabitha McCoy 26 Female Fort Myers Florida 33908 United States It is so wrong      
1,742 11:44 pm PDT, Apr 21 Desiree Young 16 Female Cooper Texas 75432 United States You don't kill homeless people who can help themselves better than the homeless animals can; why kill the pets that are less bothersome than the people?      
1,741 5:46 pm PDT, Apr 21 Kristina McArdle 20 Female Glasgow   Ml2 8NJ United Kingdom I think it is a disgrace.All living things should have a chance to live a happy and care free life.These animals should be re-homed and if not the people in charge should keep trying to re-home them.No living creature should be put through this! There should be more safe places for these animals to be kept.These places should consist of comfort,shelter,food,water,friendly and caring interaction between the workers and animals and there should be hope for these animals.Don't give up on them because they are homeless.Don't give up on finding them homes.    
1,740 12:38 pm PDT, Apr 21 Daniel Amon 25 Male Easley South Carolina 29642 United States This is horrible!      
1,739 8:14 am PDT, Apr 19 James Herald 21 Male Fort Wayne Indiana 46835 United States This makes me sick, and should never be allowed!      
1,738 5:40 am PDT, Apr 19 Francesco Mengo 0 Male Macerata   62100 Italy fuckin' inhuman. death to everyone who does it.      
1,737 3:15 am PDT, Apr 19 Claire Duque-Perez 23 Female sydney   2153 Australia Putting homeless pets in gas chambers is cruel. If we focus on nuetering and spaying we wouldn't have such an issue with finding placements for these animals. insist on desexing animals, pass this bill and enforce the ban of animals being sold in pet shops, we should adopt shelter animals. Spay pets and adopt from shelters, not pet shops, obviously.
1,736 2:45 pm PDT, Apr 18 Anonymous 17 Female Portsmouth     United Kingdom It's disgusting and inhumane! It needs to be stopped!    
1,735 9:04 am PDT, Apr 18 Helene Johnson 38 Female Dade City Florida 33525 United States why is it I need to tell you what is so horriffic, about this. we are God's children and we are here to care for his creatures, not make them suffer.      
1,734 8:47 am PDT, Apr 16 Emily Davidson 26 Female Norfolk Virginia 23508 United States As a resident of Virginia and taxpayer I ashamed that my tax dollars would be spent on inhumanely gassing animals! The humane mehtod of euthanasia of injection, causing a PAIN FREE death should be the only method used!! We are not some backwards place but this sure does make us look like one. I hope that enough citizens will stand up for righting this wrong. We are the only voice that these poor, unfortunate animals have!   Spay and Neuter! Adopt don't Buy!!!  
1,733 11:59 pm PDT, Apr 12 Cassandra Jackson 20 Female Fouke Arkansas 71837 United States I think we should place the people in lethal gas chambers    
1,732 8:42 am PDT, Apr 10 Anonymous 28 Female Sofia   1000 Bulgaria This is inhuman. This is unforgivable!      
1,731 6:21 am PDT, Apr 10 Richard Michael Brugger Jr 55 Male Rochester New York 14615 United States PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS !!!!      
1,730 8:22 pm PDT, Apr 9 Megan S 0 Female Minneapolis Minnesota 55199 United States it's wrong!      
1,729 3:18 pm PDT, Apr 9 Gillian Miller 50 Female Bracknell   12345 United Kingdom Reminds me of the Holocaust when the Nazis gassed 11 million people. Pass a bill giving the animals the right to have the chance of a good home. Volunteer to walk dogs and pet or play with the cats. Foster homes might help. Many many abandoned animals have sweet natures that help disabled or elderly people.
1,728 10:55 am PDT, Apr 8 Lashitha Sanjeev 23 Female Hyderabad   500034 India its a pathetic inhumane act      
1,727 9:54 am PDT, Apr 8 Martha Parry 0 Female Fishburn   ts21 4dl United Kingdom basicly, its disgusting. . .  
1,726 9:42 am PDT, Apr 8 lucy reeves 0 Female birmingham   b23 7hy United Kingdom ABSOLUTELY SICK! GIVE THEM HOMES ASAP TAKE THEM IN. FEED THEM. GIVE THEM LOVE!  
1,725 11:41 pm PDT, Apr 7 Alicia Benke 30 Female Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15206 United States It is horrible and inhumane to put pets in lethat gas chambers. Please ban the practice of using gas chambers to euthanize pets. Everyone should spay or neuter their pets to prevent pet overpopulation and end the need to euthanize pets for the sole reason that they are homeless.  
1,724 5:57 pm PDT, Apr 7 Deb Ryan 48 Female Dover New Hampshire 03820 United States There has to be a better alternative.      
1,723 3:38 pm PDT, Apr 7 gina cogeasca 48 Female Birmingham   B29 6JW United Kingdom is a shame for all humans really don't know, I thought that this cruelty is happening only in my country Romania, but as I see ... A plate of food per day everybody has, so why don't take them a pet in the house??? This is the first thing to do, then a very strong birth control...although, I do not understand why only the humans race has the right to grow...
1,722 11:32 am PDT, Apr 7 Monica Rega 23 Female King George Virginia 22485 United States I'm disgusted. This is rediculous. How hard is it for you to do it humanely and with dignity??!!! To throw a bunch of animals in a little box and turn on the gas and hear them cry and try to get out is wrong on soo many levels!!!!!!! Ban the Gas Chamber from ALL shelters that puts "down" homeless pets!!! Take to No kill shelters. Get them spaded and neutered. help out the ASPCA shelters and the like with donations.  
1,721 6:35 am PDT, Apr 7 Jason Turgeon 27 Male Portland Maine 04101 United States Putting homeless pets in gas chambers is cruel. If we focus on nuetering and spaying we wouldn't have such an issue with finding placements for these animals.      
1,720 5:45 am PDT, Apr 7 LuCy J. Boogaard 47 Female Hengelo Ov   7556 VS Netherlands This is inhumane and just cruel.. Have you forgotten the German war..?? This is genocide at it's worst level.. Come in to the 21st century and be more considerate and caring..!! Find no kill shelters, foster homes and animal rescue groups for the remaining animals and close this shelter down..! Re-open with properly trained and caring employees, find other alternatives than putting animals down, take an initiative to find homes or other shelters for these animals and those who come to them in the future.. Educate the public..! Have their animals spayed/neutered. donate or volunteer at a shelter to take care of the animals.. Teach their children about the responsibilities of caring for animals.. Always keep their animals supervised when outside of the house..
1,719 4:06 am PDT, Apr 7 Carrie L. 0 Female Ottawa   K1N 6K3 Canada We need to take responsibility for the care and treatment of the animals we bring into this world. Spay and Neuter your pets!      
1,718 1:33 am PDT, Apr 7 Ann Tuton 55 Female Ennis Texas 75119 United States no help find places for them make them pay if you put a chip in a pet and find the owner
1,717 9:24 pm PDT, Apr 6 Jo Carlyle 29 Female Lemon Tree Passage   2319 Australia It is so sad. This method is to horriable for humands why use it on animals. desex them Keep your pets inside at night.
1,716 8:08 pm PDT, Apr 6 Bill McGlone 100 Male New Haven Connecticut 06511 United States Disgusting like the Nazi's did to the Jews! Spayed/neuter program. Spay/neuter.
1,715 2:04 pm PDT, Apr 6 Ian Moore 31 Male Manchester   M28 3WX United Kingdom If thay really want to keep these gas chambers running then use them on the politicians instead of defenceless animals!      
1,714 1:31 pm PDT, Apr 6 Debora Santo 18 Female Kikinda   23300 Serbia And Montenegro there are other ways to deal with this problem. the animals should always get a chance to be adopted.   to adopt a pet rather than to buy one  
1,713 12:18 pm PDT, Apr 6 Fenix Melly 33 Female Pretoria   0081 South Africa It's heartless and cruel :(    
1,712 10:17 am PDT, Apr 6 ivonne maldonado 61 Female Naples Florida 34110 United States This is nothing less than murder!!! Supply the public with lowe fees for adoption and advertise it. Adopt them and get them fix...  
1,711 9:54 am PDT, Apr 6 Pearl Millard 65 Female Leyton   E10 5RB United Kingdom I think it is a terrible thing to do. Every animal deserves its life and there must be ways of finding shelters and homes for them.      
1,710 8:52 am PDT, Apr 3 Teresita Garza 31 Female Gainesville Florida 32653 United States There is no reason why the innocent should suffer.      
1,709 4:29 pm PDT, Apr 1 Ruth Bescript 81 Female Tucson Arizona 85747 United States Same reply for all three questions: Put money and efforts into spay/neuter, education, adoption programs, and make puppy mills illegal. All this equals less animals who will face the gas chamber.      
1,708 9:41 am PDT, Mar 30 Rachel Vittles 33 Female Swindon   sn25 1qu United Kingdom We don't place homeless people in gas chambers, so we should not be placing homeless animals in them.      
1,707 6:17 pm PDT, Mar 29 Ana Quijano 23 Female Pasto     Colombia itīs cruel and barbaric. animals are sentient beings who have feelings and experience suffering, so itīs the same as if it was homeless people put in lethal gas chambers.      
1,706 7:10 am PDT, Mar 26 arianna pallanti 0 Female Lonate Pozzolo   21015 Italy LAW MUST PUNISH PEOPLE THAT FORSAKE ANIMALS!!!!!!      
1,705 7:04 am PDT, Mar 26 Laura Leistad 19 Female Ames Iowa 50013 United States This is wrong, what happened to just injecting them with a syringe? They need to create better living in shelters, ban gas chambers, get more advertising for spaying/neutering and adopting these endangered pets. spay/neuter their pets, adopt an animal at a local shelter, donate to shelters, sign petitions or send letters to congressmen and senators  
1,704 2:11 am PDT, Mar 20 Leanne Evans 48 Female Kearney Nebraska 68847 United States This is outrageous! It has to stop!      
1,703 6:16 pm PDT, Mar 16 Samia Lalani 15 Female Markham   L3R 9C1 Canada It's disgusting.      
1,702 7:39 am PDT, Mar 16 Beatriz Gomes 45 Female Porto Alegre   90030130 Brazil It's a shame !!!!!    
1,701 4:01 pm PDT, Mar 15 Angela Williams 29 Female Two Rivers Wisconsin 54241 United States What did they do wrong? How can people be so cruel to God's creatures? Pass this bill!!! Donations and adoptions!!!  

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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