Pennsylvania Senate Bill 672, introduced by Sen. Sean Logan would mean an end to animal gas chambers in the state.

The bill is currently in the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

Here is a copy of the bill.

The bill would ban the use of chloroform, ether, halothan, fluothane, or similar substance when used in an airtight chamber or plastic bag, as well as carbon monoxide from any source, in killing homeless or unwanted animals.

Violators would be fined $500 on the first offense and up to $1000 for a second and subsequent violation.  

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Contact Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee members and urge each one to vote yes on SB 672.

Contact Pennsylvania senators and urge them to vote yes on S.B. 672! If you live in Pennsylvania, go here to find your state senator. When you call or write, let him or her know you are a constituent.   

Gas chambers are cruel and outmoded. The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has said euthanasia by injection is the preferred method. Animals put in gas chambers to die spend their last minutes in sheer terror, often scratching, clawing, howling, and crying. This is nothing short of animal cruelty.  Carbon monoxide chambers also present a real health hazard to shelter workers. Even low level exposure to this deadly, odorless, colorless gas can cause serious illness. And, gas chambers are more costly than EBI. 

This should be a no-brainer for Pennsylvania legislators.