[deport]

Texas law says stray dogs and cats can only be euthanized by gassing them with carbon monoxide or injecting them with sodium pentobarbital at an animal shelter.

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Do you have a link to that law?.... I'd like to bookmark it...

thanks

[Zacs Mom]

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE
TITLE 10. HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANIMALS
CHAPTER 821. TREATMENT AND DISPOSITION OF ANIMALS
SUBCHAPTER A. TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

§ 821.052. METHODS OF EUTHANASIA. (a) A person may euthanize a dog or cat in the custody of an animal shelter only by administering sodium pentobarbital or commercially compressed carbon monoxide.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

§ 821.053. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF SODIUM PENTOBARBITAL.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) The board by rule shall establish the requirements and procedures for administering sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.
(b) A person may administer sodium pentobarbital to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by board rule.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.054. REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF COMMERCIALLY COMPRESSED CARBON MONOXIDE.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) The board by rule shall establish:
(1) standards for a carbon monoxide chamber used to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter; and
(2) requirements and procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter.
(b) A person administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter:
(1) may use only a carbon monoxide chamber that meets
the standards established by board rule; and
(2) may administer the commercially compressed carbon monoxide only in accordance with the requirements and procedures established by board rule.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.055. TRAINING FOR EUTHANASIA TECHNICIANS.
Text of section effective January 1, 2005
(a) A person may not euthanize an animal in the custody of an animal shelter unless the person has successfully completed, not more than three years before the date the person euthanizes the animal, a training course in the proper methods and techniques for euthanizing animals. The training course curriculum must include:
(1) the pharmacology, proper administration, and storage of euthanasia solutions;
(2) federal and state law[0] regulating the storage and accountability of euthanasia solutions;
(3) euthanasia technician stress management;
(4) proper restraint and handling of an animal during euthanasia;
(5) the procedures for administering commercially compressed carbon monoxide to an animal;
(6) techniques for verifying an animal's death; and
(7) the proper disposal of a euthanized[0] animal.
(b) The department must approve the sponsors and curriculum of the training course required by this section.
(c) This section does not apply to a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an employee of an animal shelter is not required to have successfully completed the training course before the 120th day following the date of initial employment.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

§ 821.056. OFFENSE AND PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter or a board rule adopted under this subchapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 30, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. ***********************

[Zacs Mom]

oops sorry ~ I mean't to include the link on the above post...here ya go:
HEALTH & SAFETY CODE - CHAPTER 821