The Utah Legislature passed SB108, which regulates animal shelters to only allow 'humane' methods of euthanasia for cats and dogs.
SALT LAKE CITY — A yearslong battle to ban gas chamber deaths in animal shelters has nearly ended in Utah.
"As much as I would like to kill this bill again, I can't because they fixed it. ... It finally, finally, is an OK bill," Snider said. He urged his colleagues to support the bill.Decompression chambers, electric shock and gas chambers have been routinely used in the past at animal shelters. Injection of a lethal dose of barbiturate is considered the most humane method because it's a quick, painless and stress-free end for the animal, Hunt said.
As of last year, just two shelters still used gas chambers, the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter in Lindon and South Utah Valley Animal Shelter in Spanish Fork. Utah is one of the last three states in the nation to place a ban on gas chambers, something Hunt says is a "scar on our state." She says she is grateful that Utah is now moving forward to respect all animals in the shelter who deserve "humane compassion" when there's a need for euthanasia.
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