PLEASE TAKE ACTION - BAN GAS CHAMBERS - crosspost to EVERYONE you know
(not just GA)
URGENT:
We need your help to pass HB 1060, a bill to ban the gas chamber! The
bill is pending before the GA House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Committee.
Click here to find names and contact information for committee
members.
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2007_08/house/Committees/agriculture/ag...
> in Georgia, click here to find
your legislators.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/ statedir.tt?state=\
GA&lvl=statePlease
URGE committee members and your Georgia legislators to supportH.B.
1060.
SAMPLE LETTER TO FAX OR E-MAIL:
Send one to each committee member and if you live in GA, to your
legislators. Don't wait---please hurry!! Do it now.
THIS BILL WILL DIE IF THEY DON'T HEAR FROM US NOW
GET RID OF GAS CHAMBERS!
SUPPORT H.B.1060.
In 1991 the HumaneEuthanasia Act
became law in Georgia. With a few exceptions, this law banned animal
gas chambers throughout the state. Now,17years later, in the interests
of the
safety of shelter workers, it is time to repeal those exceptions. I
ask that youvote yes on H.B. 1060
H.B. 1060 would provide training for use of lethal injection
and make public shelters more accountable by requiring them to keep
track and report on numbers of animals impounded, euthanized
andadopted.Since
> 1990 we have learned gas chambers are a health hazard forshelterworkers.
> Shelter workers are at risk from carbon monoxide poisoningwhenthey load
> and unload or clean the gas chamber, breathing in low levelsofthe gas on a
> regular basis. As the concentration of CO in the body buildsupover time in
> the body, humans may experience decreasedvisualacuity,tinnitus, nausea,
> progressive depression, confusion, andcollapse.Unconsciousness may be
> accompanied by convulsions and muscularspasms.Long-term effects may
> include cancer and cardiovascular diseases.(1993and2000 AVMA Reports.)
Danger is worse with old, leaky equipment.
The gas chambers grandfathered in under GA HumaneEuthanasia Act would
now be 20+ yrs old
Shelter workers experience psychological/emotional damage from having
to
force frightened animals into a gaschamber, and because it takes time
for
> CO to build upenough in their lungsfor them to die, workers are subjected
> to their fearfulcries, howls andscratching. Tennessee banned gas chambers
> after a workerdied from COpoisoning. Several other states including
> Florida, Indiana,Nebraska, andColorado,among others, have banned the
> chamber. Less than 1% ofshelters inthe U.S.continue to use the outmoded
> gas chamber.Lethal injectionis a safer, even less expensive alternative.
> Workers can betrained in thismethod for about $255. If used properly, it
> creates no riskfor workers andis much more humane. But gas chambers are
> dangerous toworkers and cruel andinhumane to workers and animals even if
> used properly.Please consider theattached information. Please vote yes on
> H.B. 1060, abill to increase safetyof shelter workers.
YOUR NAME
PassHB1060.
PLEASE TELL MANY PEOPLE - WE NEED TO HELP GEORGIA ANIMALS.
VA STOPPED USE OF GAS CHAMBER, GA CAN DO IT, TOO!!
NO MORE HORRIBLE GAS CHAMBERS!!
http://www.freewebs.com/howtohelpanimals
