This petition seeks to end a form of animal cruelty that is still widely used to euthanize dogs and cats in shelters across the U.S. When dogs and cats are killed by gassing, the animal suffers an average of 40 minutes. Gassing is inhumane, and is a form of torture--the animal is struggling to breathe during that 40 minutes.
This method of killing is still used in 31 states today.
In an ideal world, there would be no animals that were unwanted, but currently there are approximately 100,000 cats and dogs destroyed every day in "kill" shelters in the United States.
If an animal shelter determines cats and dogs are to be destroyed, lethal injection is a more humane way of killing the animals. The animal does not suffer an extended period of time.