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RICHMOND VA: Stop gassing Virginia Pets! Support House Bill No. 3004


Thursday., Aug. 30, 2007:  VIRGINIA COUNTIES ACT TO END CARBON MONOXIDE GAS CHAMBERS!  Virginia Shelters Making Carbon Monoxide Euthanasia a Thing of the Past  
Read animalsheltering.org story online at http://tinyurl.com/255m84 
Sat., Feb. 24, 2007:  VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REFUSES TO END GASSING OF PETS!  General Assembly Adjourns!  House Bill 3004 Dies Without Passage!  
NEW SESSION CONVENES APRIL 2007! (2008 Bills to be Prefiled by Nov. 2007)  END INHUMANE GASSING OF INNOCENT ANIMALS IN VIRGINIA!  

“I’ve been a licensed vet tech for 20 years and have assisted and performed humane euthanasia countless times. This method is nothing short of archaic and disgusting and obviously done to cut corners. Again, the almighty $$$$$$$$ wins over what is humane. What ever happened to the old fashioned syringe? It’s not that difficult to euthanize an animal with compassion and dignity. This world and how it treats the beings that can’t speak for themselves makes me embarrassed to be part of the human race. Step up and do what’s right for these deserving animals!”–Petition Signatory No. 941, Lisa Carrano, New Port Richey, Florida, Feb. 26, 2007

“Virginia is for lovers?? Evidently not for lovers of animals!!!!”–Petition Signatory No. 998, Cayce O’Keefe, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Feb. 27, 2007

“Perfect example of Man’s inhumanity ... ...Worst animal on the planet.”–Petition Signatory No. 1,000, Diane Cieslak, Bay Village, Ohio, Feb. 27, 2007

“[A]nimal welfare is not just a moral problem to be solved with statutes, but a moral opportunity to fill our own lives with acts of compassion.... How we treat our fellow creatures is only one more way in which each of us, every day, writes our own epitaph—bearing into the world a message of light and life or just more darkness and death, adding to the world’s joy or to its despair.”–Dominion: The Power of Man, The Suffering of Animals, and The Calling to Mercy, by Matthew Scully, 2002 (New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press)

2007 Virginia Legislative Report Card:
(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/yo6xx9) 

Animals in Disasters
Bill Number: VA S.B. 787
Bill Status: Passed
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Walter Stosch (R, 12)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/22/07: Passed House. 1/30/07: Passed Senate.

Requires the State Department of Emergency Management to develop an emergency response plan to address the needs of agricultural and companion animals.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/34p9dz)


Report Dogfighting
Bill Number: VA S.B. 1345
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Benjamin Lambert (D, 9)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 1/29/07: Failed to report in the Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee.

Requires public employees, employees of or volunteers at pounds and shelters, and veterinarians, to report to animal control or law-enforcement officers injuries to a dog when the injury is consistent with dogfighting.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2j2tjy)


Tethering
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2098 and H.B. 2242
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Kenneth Alexander (D, 89) and Algie Howell (D, 90)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Agriculture Subcommittee.

These bills address the time limits and conditions under which a person can tether or chain a dog.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/39ppoz)


Sunday Hunting
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2303 & H.B. 1639
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Oppose
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Mark Cole (R, 88) and Daniel Marshall (R, 14)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 1/24/07: Left in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee

Allows hunting on Sundays, which is currently illegal in Virginia.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3a7c62)


Animals in Protective Orders
Bill Number: VA S.B. 932
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Patricia Ticer (D, 30)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Courts of Justice Committee.

Adds the protection of pets and livestock to court-issued protective orders.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3clk3d)


Cross-Reporting of Abuse
Bill Number: VA S.B. 935
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Patricia Ticer (D, 30)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/2/2007: Stricken at the Request of Patron in Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee.

Requires cross-reporting of animal cruelty and child/adult abuse by medical and education professionals, law enforcement, and animal control officers.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2osue6)


Adopting Stray Animals
Bill Number: VA S.B. 951
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Frederick Quayle (R, 13)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/2007: Failed to Report in the Courts of Justice Committee.

Allows a person living in any county to adopt a stray animal. Currently, only persons residing in the county where a municipal animal sheltering facility is operated or in an adjacent county can adopt from that facility.  (Note: Some animal care advocates oppose this bill, because it allows dispersal of unsterilized pets.)

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3b76dw)


Prohibits the Use of Gas Chambers
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2412 & H.B 3004
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Dels. Clifford Athey (R, 18) and James Scott (D, 53)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.

Prohibits the use of gas chambers for animal euthanasia.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2tsyko)


Animal Adoption Tax Credit
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2686
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Del. Benjamin Cline (R, 24)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/2007: Left in Finance: Subcommittee #1.

Allows a nonrefundable credit to individuals who adopt animals from pounds or nonprofit shelters.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/38bc24)


Strengthen Cockfighting Penalties
Bill Number: VA S.B. 1190
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Sen. Wm. Roscoe Reynolds (D, 20)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/20/07: Left in House Appropriations Committee.

Strengthens penalties for cockfighting as well as possessing, owning, training, or selling any animal for the purpose of fighting.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2n77yx)


License Fee on Non-Spayed/Neutered Pets
Bill Number: VA H.B. 2100
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Rep. Rober Orrock, Sr. (R, 54)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/6/07: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.

Provides a financial disincentive for dog and cat owners who have not spayed or neutered their pets by allowing localities to charge a license fee of up to $20 for each animal.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2tzuoy)


Spay and Neuter of Animals from Dealers
Bill Number: VA H.B. 1853
Bill Status: Died
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R, 99)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 1/17/2007: Tabled in the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee.

Requires a person who is adopting or purchasing a dog or cat from a dealer to sign an agreement that the animal will be spayed or neutered within 30 days. This is already required of pounds, animal shelters, humane societies, animal welfare organizations, societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, and other similar entities or home-based rescue organizations that release companion animals for adoption. Exemptions are made for fancier breeders, breed improvers, and hobby breeders who are not breeding for any profitable means.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/2smosx)


Strengthen Animal Cruelty Law
Bill Number: VA H.B. 1900
Bill Status: Passed
HSUS Position: Support
Bill Sponsor(s): Del. David Albo (R, 42)
Legislature Status: Adjourned

Last Action: 2/13/07: Passed Senate.
2/6/07: Passed House.

Makes it a felony to intentionally deprive any animal of necessary food, drink, shelter or emergency veterinary treatment. The bill was amended from a felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(Source: Humane Society of the United States, http://tinyurl.com/3cuox3)

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.1-796.77 of the Code of Virginia, relating to euthanizing animals.
View the complete text of House Bill 3004 here! 
Stop gassing helpless pets to brutal death in Virginia's animal shelters! 
Find your local Virginia legislators here!
Contact the Members of the Agriculture Subcommittee of the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee!
Email Chairman Robert D. Orrock, Sr., here
Email Member Clarke N. Hogan here
Email Member Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr., here
Email Member Matthew J. Lohr here
Email Member and Bill Co-Patron Kenneth R. Plum here
Email Member Christopher B. Saxman here
Email Member Edward T. Scott here
Email Member Beverly J. Sherwood here
Email Member James A. Shuler here
Contact the Members of the Virginia House of Delegates here!
Contact the Members of the Virginia Senate here!
Helpful Links:
Virginia Voters for Animal Welfare:
http://www.virginiavotersforanimalwelfare.com/
Humane Society of the United States
Legislative Summary for Virginia:
http://tinyurl.com/yo6xx9
Richmond SPCA is not the author of this petition.

Gas Chamber for the destruction of unwanted animals.Euthanized pets, awaiting disposal.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dear AwlChat,

Tomorrow a member of our Board of Directors, in conjunction with the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies, is slated to testify before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture in support of Virginia General Assembly House Bill No. 3004. This bill would eliminate the use of gas chambers when euthanizing animals in Virginia. We support this legislation because the use of gas chambers is inhumane.  

Below is a list of members of the subcommittee and their contact information. We would ask that you speak on behalf of animals in our state and support this legislation in any way that you are able. Specifically, you can contact these subcommittee members and ask that they support the bill. Only one member of this subcommittee, Kenneth Plum, is currently a co-patron, so it is urgent that you contact the other members to show your support.

Thank you for your time and support.

Robin Signature



Robin Robertson Starr
CEO

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House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Sub-Committee: Agriculture

Chairman:
Robert (Bobby) Orrock, Sr.
Email: DelBOrrock@house.state.va.us
District Address Phone: (540) 891-1322
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1054

Clarke N. Hogan
Email: DelCHogan@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (434) 575-0000
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1060

Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.
Email: DelLLewis@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (757) 787-1094
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1000

Matthew J. Lohr
Email: DelMLohr@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 437-1450
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1026

Kenneth R. Plum - Bill Co-Patron
Email: DelKPlum@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (703) 758-9733
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1036

Christopher B. Saxman
Email: DelCSaxman@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 886-8284
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1020

Edward T. Scott
Email: DelEScott@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 825-6400
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1030

Beverly J. Sherwood
Email: DelBSherwood@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 667-8947
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1029

James M. Shuler
Email: DelJShuler@house.state.va.us
District Office Phone: (540) 953-1103
Richmond Office Phone: (804) 698-1012 

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