Two down, seven to go.
That is a special cat. She is beautiful! I’d adopt her but I live in a no-pet apartment complex. I hope she finds a VERY good home!
Gas chamber? When I was in college I worked one summer in the Boston Animal Rescue League. In the Lethal Room they electrocuted stray cats and dogs, one of the most horrible things I have ever seen. You have no idea. I told them I would quit if I had to work there another day and went home in tears. Gas is a kindness by comparison.
For some lighthearted reading, try reading a manual on euthanizing of animals. Gas (carbon dioxide) is considered a humane method for many species.
And in case anyone is wondering, I have read the manual, cover to cover. It’s not for the faint-hearted.
PING this over to Slings and Arrows. :)=^..^=
The shelters around my area of the state don’t do euthaniasia in batches. They sedate and use an injection. I had to stop volunteering there because I couldn’t take the days I’d come in and the animal I was socializing was no longer there and wasn’t adopted out.
The sad thing is that people almost always put the blame on the shelter folks. There’s no blame for those abandoning their pets knowing the place is already overcrowded. Even when they expand (if they have money to expand). Some don’t have much knowledge about exotics being turned it. There’s no blame for anyone on the front end of the problem. The shelters have limited capacity, they do their best to get the most adoptable out as fast as they can. They get huge numbers in unexpectedly from hoarders, and often are able to adopt most out over time. They do send some animals to other area shelters, but that solution is never able to take all of them.
I am glad I don’t have to make those decisions daily. It really weighs hard on many of those people because they have their own pets - often several - and they have to make such choices as part of their job. It’s a job I don’t envy and could not do.
I agree. The trouble (aside from pet over-population) is that the drugs used for the more humane lethal injection are controlled substances, meaning that the techs performing the euthanasia must be trained, certified and licensed to administer them. The process is time consuming and costly and the turnover rate is very high in that position. Most animal shelters can't afford that kind of ongoing expense, so they opt for a less desirable method of euthanasia.
Looks like God has His Own Plan for this creature of His.
Perhaps the lesson is for the people who own the gas chamber...just sayin’: “Yer doin’ it WRONG”!
...the cat came back, the very next day. They thought she was a goner but the cat came back...