[MichCapCon]

mi ping

[Fawn]

Use the chambers to help clear out some space in the jails....

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Let's use the Baghdad system instead.

[dalereed]

Sounds like a good cheap way to exterminate them to me!

[mware]

Back in the day, my dad who was already working two jobs to support the family took on another side job as dog keeper for the town. He lasted three days, when it came time to euthanize one of the dogs,my father quit the job, and brought the dog home with him.

[MrEdd]

Here in Texas, we can just let the coyotes take care of unwanted pets.

Or slow wanted ones for that matter.

[Pessimist]

Yeah.

On the list of things I consider when planning a vacation is how they euthanize their pets.

Uh Huh.

[JPG]

This is just really sad stuff. Spay and neuter..too many animals end up being unloved and unwanted.

[calex59]

They are not gas chambers, they are vacuum chambers that suck the air out and the animals die of lack of air. They should get their terms correct and they should suggest BETTER alternatives if they are going to take away one method. It is impossible, unfortunately, to keep every stray animal that is brought in to shelters alive for the length of their natural lives.

[RightOnTheBorder]

Any state congressman with an R after his name should only be concerned with two things. First, stopping the rats from creating new laws. Second, removing bad laws from the books. Anything beyond that and he is a waste of space.

[Gun142]

How some counties in Michigan euthanize their pets can give the state a black eye and hurt tourism


Yes, because when I travel that's the first thing I look at when deciding where to go and what to do.

OK, I might have lied.
First thing I do is research the carry laws in the state\area.

[Malone LaVeigh]

According to the American Humane Association, it is less costly to euthanize a pet by injection than by the gas chamber. It's $4.98 per animal to euthanize via carbon monoxide poisoning and $2.29 to do it via injection.

The one thing they leave out in that equation is that the drugs used to euthanize are controlled substances, requiring the tech administering them to be trained and licensed.
The turnover in that job is nearly constant, meaning that there is an ongoing problem, and expense, of finding new people and getting them properly trained.
Animal control agencies are usually on the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to funding. Making the transition to lethal injection may not be financially feasible for many of them.