tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114275246486278094.post7568939835137856585..comments2023-11-05T04:37:42.530-08:00Comments on Georgia Front Page: Gas Chambers Still an Option in Several Georgia CountiesGeorgia Front Page.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18248749393644673382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5114275246486278094.post-29100009678631166532009-09-16T15:16:33.080-07:002009-09-16T15:16:33.080-07:00USAP Press Release
Spalding County,
The Offici...USAP Press Release <br /> Spalding County, <br /><br />The Official Press Release from United States Animal Protection, Inc.:<br /><br /><br /><br />Thousands upon thousands of Animals were Dragged to Their Deaths and Suffocated in the Spalding Gas Chamber. This Will End Forever July 1st.<br /><br /><br />Please call the county manager and ask this chamber be disassembled and removed immediately.<br /><br /><br />Please ask them to confirm when this gas chamber is sent to the landfill and destroyed.<br /><br /><br />We do not want another animal to ever suffer in this chamber. It is time a spay/neuter ordinance is implemented in Griffin, GA. Speak to the county manager about making needed changes in this county that will curb the pet over-population problem. Please continue to rescue from Spalding. It is still a high kill shelter..<br /><br /><br />God Rest the Souls of the Animals that Suffered so Horribly in The Gas Chamber. God Heal the Souls of the Rescuers that Understand and Feel Their Pain. Help us find the strength to fight another day for the animals.<br /><br /><br /><br />U.S. Animal Protection has been in negotiations with the county manager and county attorney of Spalding County, Griffn, GA. Animal Shelter to end the gassings of animals. USAP expressed severe opposition to the gassing of animals and exposed the shelter for cruel killngs.<br /><br /><br />Dr.Hopkins (assisted the Congressional review of the Animal Welfare Act revision), Hillarie Allison, Founder of Rescued Unwanted Furry Friends Foundation and I, all members of U.S. Animal Protection, released publicly an immediate cease and desist letter to end gassing at the Spalding County Animal Shelter.<br /><br /><br />U.S. Animal Protection representatives educated the county attorney, the county manager and local sheriff about the inhumanity and cruelty of the gas chamber. USAP referred the county officials to the “Euthanasia Manual” by Rebecca Rhodes which proves injection is less expensive and more humane than gassing.<br /><br /><br />USAP made the county officials aware of their intentions and that they would be contacting a regulatory agency. USAP contacted the Office of the District Attorney and the GBI regarding the cruelty occurring in the Spalding County shelter as well as other shelters in the state of Georgia. USAP reminded the office that gassing was now illegal in the state of Georgia.<br /><br /><br />Georgia shelters must be exposed for cruel killings. The cruelty must be brought to light before we will see the county officials make the necessary changes from gassing to IV injection.<br /><br /><br />While we at USAP oppose the killing of healthy animals, we are realistic and know that killing will continue in Georgia shelters. We must at least see that they will not suffer when they are euthanized. We at USAP will work with county officials to implement a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance in Spalding County, Georgia.<br /><br /><br />Cruel killings occur in many shelters throughout the U.S. Cruelty in animal shelters must be exposed before we will see an end to all shelters that kill by cruel methods.<br /><br /><br />USAP members put tremendous pressure on Spalding officials, so much so that county officials agreed to stop gassing animals. On July 1st gassing will end forever at the Spalding Animal Shelter.<br /><br /><br />After many years of cruel killings by gas, we have shut down the Spalding chamber forever.<br /><br /><br />Dawn Taylor Bechtold<br /><br /><br />www.USAnimalProtection.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com