tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609031378819358343.post7929159600787816959..comments2023-09-23T06:29:49.374-04:00Comments on It's Raining Cats and Dogs in West Virginia and Other States-Shelters that Euthanize for Space : THE SHAME OF SHELTER GAS CHAMBERS/ ONE ANNONYMOUS ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER'S COMMENTS or PERHAPS A GOOD WRITER'S THOUGHTSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609031378819358343.post-41506555171867924542008-09-23T12:12:00.000-04:002008-09-23T12:12:00.000-04:00Their is not any humane method for a heathly anima...Their is not any humane method for a heathly animal to die. You take the job and try to do your best with all that come into a county shelter. No method is good. one lets you walk away, while the other makes you hold a life in your arms. no, county commissions don't have a clue. they don't hold or push the button. they hire you to do this, and you need to cowboy up or quit. you can't be one person in a county so large and do thing right everyday. if every vet would alter just one for free once a week throughout the us, maybe this would help. It is all about money. animal shelters are at the bottom of the list of priorties with most commissioners. preston county now has 1 1/2 people working where as before only one with many wonderful volunteers making a difference. they now have been through the injection school and hopefully all will end up better than before. I know the old shelter director. She did too much and tried too hard, is what she was told. So she quitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609031378819358343.post-91308920073754302142008-03-17T10:54:00.000-04:002008-03-17T10:54:00.000-04:00"Each commissioner who approves of the gas method ..."Each commissioner who approves of the gas method should be present for a killing and witness the entire horrendous struggle for life as these animals are dying."<BR/><BR/> I think some people would be so distraught by witnessing the animals dying they would take some kind of action. Others seem to believe that animals have no worth except as what they can materially provide to people and so it may not phaze them one bit. In another post I asked the question do animals have rights regarding their exploitation by people. This is a huge philisophical question for ethicists.<BR/> I don't particularly care about philosophy when it comes to gassing animals and or the inhumane treatment of any animal or person. It is wrong. Plain and simple.No one has the right to harm another or take a life.<BR/><BR/> I don't know the answer to why shelters still gas except I imagine it is due to lack of money or priorities for money. It is much easier to put animals in a gas chamber rather than give them the needle and it is safer for the people who do the killing. Many animals do not go peaceful to their death and their can be biting etc. It really is beyond horrible the way society deals with homeless animals. To call then unwanted is bad PR that emphasizes to the irresponsible the disposibilty of pets. There are people making a difference. Like with everything else it takes effort to change policy. I read a while ago that I think NC is still using gas chambers but wants to change them to be more humane. It is a holocaust for animals and when people aren't affected by the immorality of murder I do think they are are seriously out of touch with their humanity. It is all one big way for people to be let off the hook for their irrepsonsibility. I am sure their are websites that discuss what people can do who want to stop the gassing.If I can find any info I will post them. The other sad reason why gassing has been allowed is the same reason why children and the elderly and other groups are mistreated. They have no voice. They cannot protest. That is why everyone who cannot speak for themselves needs advocates.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285973503021903248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609031378819358343.post-53716853845582168282008-03-16T20:11:00.000-04:002008-03-16T20:11:00.000-04:00Why is it that the governing councils of the shelt...Why is it that the governing councils of the shelters that kill by gas will not allow the more humane way of death by injection? Is it because the county commissioners do not have a clue or just don't care? I know that the preston county shelter manager quit because she had been repeatedly refused funds for certification on the administering lethal injection (at least you could hold them and comfort them as they die). Killing animals on a daily basis and the awful mechanism of the gas chamber takes a debilitating toll on the human psyche. No one should be responsible/expected to kill that way. Or asked to.<BR/>Each commissioner who approves of the gas method should be present for a killing and witness the entire horrendous struggle for life as these animals are dying. But it will never happen-they will not get their hands dirty. But their souls are......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com