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Ban the Gas Chamber for Animals in Michigan!

Target: Michigan House
Sponsored by: American Humane Association

Michigan House Bill 4263, the Humane Euthanasia of Shelter Animals Act, and House Bill 4803 both would ensure that when the state's unwanted, sick or unadoptable shelter animals have to be euthanized, the procedure will only be done by injection of sodium pentobarbital. This method is called euthanasia by injection.

The American Humane Association considers euthanasia by injection to be the only acceptable and humane means of euthanasia for animals in animal shelters.

Even though a majority of the shelters in the state use euthanasia by injection, 10 still use outdated, inhumane gas chambers. Shelter workers overwhelmingly wish to hold and comfort a frightened animal in its final moments of life. That act may be the only kindness the animal has ever known.

In contrast, even with vigilant oversight, euthanizing any animal by means of a carbon monoxide or dioxide gas chamber is both severely inhumane to medium and large animals, and demoralizing to the workers who have to euthanize. Such outdated practices also create public outcry and demean the purpose of an animal shelter.  

HB 4263 is sponsored by Rep. Rick Jones and was drafted by American Humane and the State Bar of Michigan Animal Law Section. And HB 4803 would amend the bill entitled, "Dog Law of 1919." Please sign today to support these bills.  

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We signed “Ban the Gas Chamber for Animals in Michigan!”
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8:12 pm PST, Feb 9, Sammie Strong, Michigan
No animal that is in a shelter should be put to "sleep" just because people are to lazy to help them or to fight for them!
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8:08 pm PST, Feb 9, LISA YOUNG, Georgia
It's sad that it has to be done in the first place. At least make it as humane as possible. Lots of people care about these animals. Why wouldn't you have a heart and do the most acceptalble and humane means over somthing horrible.
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7:58 pm PST, Feb 9, Victoria Treglia, New York
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7:35 pm PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Michigan
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6:50 pm PST, Feb 9, Patty Sullivan, Michigan
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6:23 pm PST, Feb 9, Alexis Yip, Washington
Those poor babies. I feel sorry also for those workers. How terrible it would be to have that burden of euthanizing an animal. My cat Max was euthanized 2 years ago and I still cry for him. THIS HAS TO STOP!
# 60,757:
5:46 pm PST, Feb 9, JENNIFER WESTERN, Arizona
This is disgusting. It is terrible enough thousands of animals are neglected, abused and killed but to eliminate them in such an inhumane way is apalling to me. These animals deserve love and many will never feel what that is. Have a heart and STOP this cruel act, please!!
# 60,756:
4:59 pm PST, Feb 9, Sheila Bounds, Mississippi
How would you like to be gassed to death? The animals cannot speak for themselves. Someone has to speak for them. Granted some need to be euthanized, but do the humane thing. I have paid for I don't know how many animals that were too far gone to be euthanized. With dignity. It hurts. But, it is better than more suffering on this earth. People need to wake up in the morning thinking more about what's going on in this world than what kind of new car they want, etc. God is watching.
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4:52 pm PST, Feb 9, Michael Alexander, Michigan
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4:42 pm PST, Feb 9, Valerie Lemke, Michigan
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4:33 pm PST, Feb 9, Karin Hoppe Holloway, Michigan
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3:32 pm PST, Feb 9, Joyce Hansen, Washington
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3:12 pm PST, Feb 9, Anne McInnis, Mississippi
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3:11 pm PST, Feb 9, Steve Moorman, Michigan
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3:08 pm PST, Feb 9, Andrea Moorman, Michigan
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2:23 pm PST, Feb 9, Animal Activist, Canada
Ask the Canadian Government to include animal rights in the constitution.http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/put-animal-rights-into-the-constitution Let's set a precedent!
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2:21 pm PST, Feb 9, Beryl Niles, Michigan
Please don't cause any more pain to any living thing... They at least deserve the right to die in as humane a manner as possible...
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2:18 pm PST, Feb 9, Deborah Clark, Michigan
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1:33 pm PST, Feb 9, Nancy Roussy, Canada
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12:28 pm PST, Feb 9, Lynda Dziedzic, Michigan
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12:03 pm PST, Feb 9, Adam Podlasinski, Poland
From where was taken that crazy idea to make gas chambers for animals?! From Hitler enthusiast or what!
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11:08 am PST, Feb 9, Koehl Agnès, France
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11:07 am PST, Feb 9, Janna Besedina, Russian Federation
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10:41 am PST, Feb 9, Gretchen Sommer, Michigan
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9:53 am PST, Feb 9, Bianca Hey, Germany
stop it!!!!!!
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9:18 am PST, Feb 9, Putri Mantik, Indonesia
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9:05 am PST, Feb 9, Jenifer Byrd, California
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7:58 am PST, Feb 9, Lisa Nagy, Michigan
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7:43 am PST, Feb 9, Martin Reifinger, Austria
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6:44 am PST, Feb 9, Name not displayed, Germany
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5:27 am PST, Feb 9, Elaine Dixon, Florida
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4:29 am PST, Feb 9, Dianne Hillier, United Kingdom
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes.
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2:52 am PST, Feb 9, Barbie Hudgens, Philippines
i't hurts when i read and watch about animal cruelty,,i wish all the different kinds of animal cruelty in the world would stop.... t_T
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11:35 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Michigan
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7:37 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Michigan
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7:27 pm PST, Feb 8, Kellie Zakolski, Michigan
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5:45 pm PST, Feb 8, Amanda Swan, Michigan
This is just disturbing to me. Please stop this. Give the innocent animals a chance for a better life!
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3:45 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Oklahoma
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3:43 pm PST, Feb 8, Bethany Tillman, Michigan
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3:33 pm PST, Feb 8, Mary Nicolai, Michigan
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2:28 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, Brazil
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2:07 pm PST, Feb 8, Pirmin Weder, Switzerland
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1:50 pm PST, Feb 8, Aquila Nelson, Nevada
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1:36 pm PST, Feb 8, Name not displayed, North Carolina
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12:57 pm PST, Feb 8, Brenda Summers, Michigan
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12:27 pm PST, Feb 8, Jennifer Griffin-Pape, Michigan
I am a Michigan resident and adopted my dog from Grand Rapids' Human Society 2 yrs ago. As a dog lover, I am shocked by this administered practice. When my dog got hit by a car last year, I too felt the pain of my dog. Gas chambers were beyond cruel and unusual during WWII s in the concentration camps in Europe, and I see a very little difference in comparison. Please stop this nonsense. When will good over bad finally triumph? Maybe it's fictional and only happens in movies like The Lord Of The Rings and Starwars
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11:58 am PST, Feb 8, Megan Sinnott, Ohio
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11:55 am PST, Feb 8, Elisabeth Mathae, Austria
STOP THIS!
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11:38 am PST, Feb 8, Susan Amacher, Michigan
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11:21 am PST, Feb 8, Kathy Humes, Michigan
Just do it!!!
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10:55 am PST, Feb 8, Marisa Zito, Michigan
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10:05 am PST, Feb 8, Gisela JELL, Austria
Stoped the murder
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9:58 am PST, Feb 8, Denise Berthiaume, Michigan
As a shelter volunteer, it is imperative to change the laws and prevent the pyschological and inhumane practice of gassing an animal to death. This is 2010, and the current law is almost 100 years old and outdated.
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9:57 am PST, Feb 8, Ingrid Bergmann, Germany
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9:10 am PST, Feb 8, Carissa Gallo, Michigan
Can't you think of a more humane way if the animals must go through euthanasia? This is unacceptable!
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9:05 am PST, Feb 8, Christiane Vaupel, Germany
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8:33 am PST, Feb 8, Daniela Vogt, Germany
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8:13 am PST, Feb 8, Dora Hardegger, Switzerland
Gas Chambers - Holocoust - the american way of solution - shame on you in Michigan
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7:37 am PST, Feb 8, Sherrie Estes, Kentucky
Please if you must euthanize these animals do it humanely as possible! This is 2010, surely we can do better than the disgusting act of the gas chamber. There are only 10 shelters left to update! PLEASE, make euthanasia by injection the only practice in the state. Thank you.
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6:16 am PST, Feb 8, Stacy Dyer, Michigan
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5:19 am PST, Feb 8, Nicole Macgregor, Michigan
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3:57 am PST, Feb 8, Christin Gehbauer, Germany
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