In a message dated 9/27/06 10:09:05 PM Central Daylight Time, Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx writes: > I DID my homework. Locally, we > have licensed vets who euthanize at the shelters and humane societies. I'm > really sorry that in poor communities there are more pressing things to > spend > money on than vets to euthanize animals. I'm sorry that not ever community > has the tax base to hire a vet put some poor animal out of its misery. kathy - perhaps that's the case in PA but there are 49 other states - many do NOT use carbon monoxide but decompression, cardiac sticks etc. and some shelters still hire bunchers to do their dirty work. tax base and the financial state of the community often have little or no bearing upon the methods of killing that are used. if PA uses carbon monoxide and thus the animals die a peaceful and painless death then i applaud PA. but it has NOTHING to do with the horrifying means being used elsewhere to dispose of disposable pets. diane Diane Strasser Silstra German Shepherds "In dog years I'm dead." - Author unknown ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================