Ga. House bans gas chambers to euthanize pets

Now, onward for the Senate's vote to ban Gas Chambers and we will be done! 

Ga. House bans gas chambers to euthanize pets

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Ga House bans gas chambers for pet euthanization http://bit.ly/aAYeLs Now for the Senate's vote! 


Associated Press

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 3:49 PM

Last updated 11:12 PM

ATLANTA  - The House approved a bill that would outlaw the use of gas chambers to euthanize pets at animal shelters in Georgia.
Under the bill - approved 115-46 on Tuesday - animals must be put to sleep through lethal injection.


The bill's sponsor, state Rep. Tom Knox, called gas chambers, which use carbon monoxide to euthanize pets, "pretty gory" and described how animals gasp for air as they die. The Republican from Cumming said lethal injection is more humane.


State Rep. Gene Maddox, a veterinarian from Cairo, argued against the bill saying for wild or feral animals who are not used to being handled by humans, carbon monoxide chambers are the most humane way to put an animal down.


Knox said only 10 or 11 counties still permit the use of gas chambers.

GA HB788 Anti-gassing bill update: Phone numbers for ALL the Reps of the counties that still use gas.

Please visit our Georgia Voters for Animal Welfare (GVAW) website (www.gvaw.org) for the latest update on HB 788, a bill to ban the remaining 11 gas chambers used to kill animals in Georgia “shelters”.  Our Webmaster, Valerie Hayes, and our GVAW Legislative Liaison, Holly Cohen, have done a spectacular job of keeping HB 788 front and center.  THANK YOU!! 

It is most important that Georgia voters living in the 11 counties and/or cities where gas chambers still operate CALLTHEIR REPRESENTATIVES NOW!!  Complete contact information for these reps is in the attached document and I am embedding the same information in the body of this message below.  (Also, detailed instructions of what to say are easily found on our website.)  If you live in one of these 11 places where animals are being gassed to death, or know someone who does, it is imperative that legislators representing the 11 cities and counties hear from a substantial number of voters in their districts!

The gas chamber ban effort has made remarkable strides during this legislative session – our third try – but the battle is far from over!  HB 788 must be voted on by the full House -- hopefully this coming Tuesday -- and receive a majority of “YES” votes in order to meet the Crossover Day deadline.  THEN, the entire process has to be repeated in the Senate and be signed by Governor Perdue in order for it to become law! 

Only the voters of Georgia can make this happen – YOU, me, our family members, friends and co-workers!  Please, use your voice and your vote to spare Georgia’s homeless animals on death row a horrific, prolonged death!

Hannah deSoto Tostensen, Co-Founder

Georgia Voters for Animal Welfare

Representatives for Georgia Cities and Counties Still Using the Gas Chamber

Gassing Chamber	District/Representative	Telephone No.
Ashburn, City of (In Turner County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	153, James Austin Scott	404-656-0188  (O) 229-386-5128  (H)
Butts County Animal Control	110, John Lunsford	404-656-7146  (O)  770-616-1895  (H)
Cobb County Animal Control	32, Judy Manning   37, Terry Johnson	404-656-7868  (O) 770-422-2890  (H) 404-656-0325  (O)     770-432-7028  (H)
Cordele, City of (In Crisp County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	147, Buddy Harden	404-656-0109  (O) 229-535-6050  (H)
Cuthbert, City of (In Randolph County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	149, Gerald Greene	404-656-0314  (O) 229-732-2750  (H)
Haralson County Animal Shelter	18, Mark Butler	404-656-0202  (O) 770-834-0072  (H)
Hawkinsville, City of (In Pulaski County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	147, Buddy Harden	404-656-0109  (O) 229-535-6050  (H)
Henry County Animal Control	109, Steve Davis	404-656-0254  (O) No Home # on Web
Lakeland, City of (In Lanier County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	176, Jay Shaw	404-656-7859  (O) 229-482-3505  (H)
Mitchell County Animal Control	171, Jay Powell	404-656-0177  (O) 229-336-3962  (H)
Vienna, City of Animal Shelter (In Dooly County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)	147, Buddy Harden	404-656-0109  (O) 229-535-6050  (H)

Georgia- "Grace's Law" Anti-gassing Bill urgently needs calls from the counties that still gas.

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GA Anti-gassing Bill urgently needs calls from these counties that still gas. http://bit.ly/9zlfS8 #gapolitics #petrescue #ga

If you live in one of these counties- Please call your Rep ASAP.. Support is still needed, believe it or not, for this bill to pass. It is going to be a squeaker.

Even if your Rep could care less about the animal's suffering, they do care about "appearing" to save tax money. 

Let your Rep's know that Lethal Injection costs half of what it costs to Gas animals.
Please find related data resulting from a 2007 cost analysis found euthanasia by injection costs half of carbon monoxide method at this location:  http://ow.ly/17FmR

Meanwhile, these are the counties that still Gas in Georgia. 

1. Ashburn, City of (In Turner County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)
2. Butts County Animal Control
3. Cobb County Animal Control... See More
4. Cordele, City of (Crisp County)
5. Cuthbert, City of (In Randolph County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)
6. Haralson County Animal Shelter
7. Hawkinsville, City of (In Pulaski County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)
8. Henry County Animal Control
9. Lakeland, City of (In Lanier County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.)
10. Mitchell County Animal Control
11. Vienna, City of Animal Shelter (In Dooly County; no county facility; chamber housed in city.) 

If you don't live in Georgia, you could still be helpful. Simply write to the Commissioners of these counties, perhaps also to the County Economic Development  offices. Let them know you will do whatever you can to make sure that they listen.. 

Bryan Grant

Also- Here is today's letter from HSUS' Georgia chapter-

Can you pass this on?

HB 788, a bill to ban gas chambers for euthanasia in Georgia, just passed out of the Rules Committee and will be voted on by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 16. Please call your GA state representative and ask him/her to vote YES on HB 788.  When you call you will likely speak to an assistant. Please state that you are a constituent in the district and leave your address. This is important!

You can find your legislator by going to www.hsus.org/leglookup. Scroll down a few paragraphs and click on “you can find your state lawmakers here”.  Put in your zip plus four if you know it. If it shows that you have more than one representative, you have to go to the right hand side of the page and put in your full address. Then it will show you who your rep is. You only have one state representative. Keep their email and phone number handy. We may have other bills coming soon.

Thank you. You are making a difference. Please pass this on to your lists.

Cheryl McAuliffe
Georgia Director
t 404 867 5526     f 800 517 2592

The Humane Society of the United States
2959D #129 Chapel Hill Rd., Douglasville, GA 30135

humanesociety.org

How to Post a Rescue Notice to the SE Pet Rescue Railroad

How to Post a Rescue Notice to the SE Pet Rescue Railroad


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Our mission here at the South East Pet Rescue Railroad, SEPRR, is to provide a central, interactive sounding board for Rescue Organizations and Individual Rescuers who need to rapidly promote verified and actionable rescue related notices.


SEPRR reinforces this "Tribe of Animal Rescuers” by enrolling, maintaining, and training our membership how best to use Social Media technology to maximize the visibility of the postings and increase their organization’s operational efficiency.


If you are new to Social Media, or have been using cross-posted emails as your primary means to promote a Rescue, be prepared! Once you learn how to use these tools and methods, your impact and reach will dramatically increase.


By reviewing this article, you will learn how to transform a cross posted email littered with RE: & FWD: and pages of email addresses... you will learn to transform that mess into a social media-enabled message enabled to travel far and wide in ANY social media like FaceBook, Twitter, myspace, ping.fm, LinkedIn, chat’s, SMS text, blogs, RSS, as well as traditional email.


If you are total newbie to all this, please call us during EST M-F 9-5pm to schedule a time when we can both be in front of an internet connected computer. We will walk you through it! For immediate notices, we will transform these for you as a courtesy.


Typically, the work flow is as follows:


Note: Instead of editing posts in the browser pages directly, we recommend using Text Editors like Notepad, WordPad, or word to serve as a scratchpad to edit the postings. We then cut and paste the results where we need them into the browser such as a FaceBook post. We do not edit the posts inside a browser. Browsers crash. The work disappears. Notepad seldom crashes!


1- Post the notice to the email list on yahoo. Please refer to the posting guidelines on the group’s homepage. These will ensure we have actionable, legible, and verifiable posts to share with the membership. It is better to have fewer, more reliable posts, than a flood of stale, incomplete, and inaccurate posts that people have to run around in circles to respond to.


http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/SEPRR


Transport Notices: If you are organizing a Transport, and you are a first time coordinator, please grab a sample run sheet to serve as a template from our blog site. Be sure to include Photos in your run sheet. This will allow better visibility in services like FaceBook.


Run sheets can be found in this blog. http://sepetrescue.blogspot.com/


Please become a Follower of our blog, since it enhances visibility of the rescue posts in the blog.


2- Blog the Email- The First step to transform the email to Social media.


Transform the email into a “blog posting” to generate a website and a permanent link. In other words, put the Transport Run Sheet online where people can link to it from elsewhere on the web. This one thing enables easy sharing of your Notice.


Blogs postings automatically create a unique web address that directs someone to the original article within the blog! This is the secret sauce behind enabling your posts in social media.


a- Start your own blog: There are many places to start your blog. Gmail users have blogspot.com. Wordpress is a great service. If you need a Gmail account, please email us and we will invite you. BlogSpot can take a document from Microsoft Word, enabling you to create the look and feel in Word, cut n paste the entire Notice straight from Word into your blog! Easy.


b- Avoid using FaceBook Notes as a “Blog” Some people use Notes in FaceBook as a means of blogging. We avoid their use since Notes offer only a very limited way to share the Notice. Notes are only shareable within FaceBook without a lot of changes. You can only tag a few dozen Friends. Tagged Friends get bombarded with comments by other people, so they may unTag themselves, perhaps going so far as to DeFriend you. Notes are difficult to post to Fan Page Walls. They are very difficult to email, sms text, tweet, or use as a status update. In short, they just don’t “travel well”.


c- Avoid Using FaceBook Photo Albums to share. The reasons are similar to Notes. Just paste the images into a Blog, and your readers will see all the images they could ever possibly want. And they can be shared ANYWHERE.


3- Shorten Those Links!


- Many social media value shortened posts. Twitter & SMS are the shortest, limiting your posts to only 144 characters. We will always keep in mind a frugal use of those valuable characters!


Example: Shortening the following sample saves 61 characters.
Original Blog URL: (81 characters)


http://sepetrescue.blogspot.com/2010/02/bo-black-lab-almost-starved-to-death.html
Shortened URL/Link: (20 Characters)


http://bit.ly/ayxn8m


- The unique web address generated by your blog can be shortened using http://bit.ly, which offers free accounts. There are others, but if you sign up as a registered user, bit.ly has some very useful features.


- Bit.ly enables visibility of who has shared or read your posts, enabling you to Follow them or know more about your supporters who have been sharing and reading your posts!


- You can also create a permanent custom shortened link. The following URL to Carroll County Humane Society consumers 35 Characters:
http://www.carrollcountyhumane.org/


We saved 15 Characters by shortening it to: http://bit.ly/carrol . Carroll Humane now has that much more room for people to share or more content in the tweet/snippet. They can use that custom link permanently, free of charge, anywhere they wish.


4- Sharing the Word!


While FaceBook allows you much more room than 144 characters, it is always best to be mindful and frugally use characters in your posts in any social media network. There are two basic formats of posts, FaceBook compatible and Twitter compatible (Tweets). Tweets are very useful, but many non-savvy social media users, particularly in FaceBook, don’t know how to read them, and will usually ignore the cryptic text of a tweet. So, you would need to do both.


a) FaceBook Formatted Posts “Text Snippet”: Cruelty victim, Bo the Black Lab in DeKalb County GA near Atlanta is now Rescued & in Boarding. Please help him stay rescued: DONATE To "Buy Bo A Day" $14/day http://bit.ly/ayxn8m


- TIP: Please be sure to put IMAGES into your original blog post. FaceBook will find these and create attractive thumbnails on your Wall Postings.


- TIP: Often, FaceBook will behave unpredictably with shortened links. 80% of the time it works perfectly. Once in a while, you will have to manually insert the LONG link into the Link field to force FaceBook to display the thumbnails.


b) Twitter Formatted Post:
Sample: RT @SEPRR @Angelspetrescue Bo DeKalb Cnty Cruelty Victim Rescued & in Boarding DONATE To "Buy Bo A Day" $14/day- #petrescue #GA http://bit.ly/ayxn8m


- Syntax: RT @SEPRR @Angelspetrescue attributes credit to the organizations responsible for the original post. Since SEPRR create the posts for Angels, but Angels is the actual group who rescued the dog, both were cited for easy access for errata corrections, updates, and action items such as donations/adoptions.


- Punctuation- Remove as much punctuation as you can. “,)!.. All consume characters. Spaces consume characters! Remove them where possible. Dates should be 12/26 not Dec 26 2009.


- Hash tags: #petrescue #ga makes it very easy to search for related posts via Google and Twitter. Also, these are searchable from FaceBook in many cases.


c) Why post both on FaceBook?! Posting the FaceBook formatted text is a must in FaceBook, but why should we bother to include the Tweet?


- Many FaceBook Users are using Twitter. If they have a pre-formatted Tweet it is completely effortless for them to cut n paste your Notice into Twitter, sharing it with their own Followers, all the while citing you for the source with the RT @user reference.


- A Tweet fits into text messages. Mobile FaceBook users can easily share via SMS a Tweet formatted text.


- A Tweet contains ALL the info anyone would need to decide to read, share, or take other action on your post.


- A Tweet can be shared as a status update anywhere, or used as a comment on related posts and Fan Pages.


- Tweets travel like the Road Runner on Bugs Bunny! Beep Beep Zip TANG!


5- Posts the Text Snippet to SE Pet Rescue Fan Page and our Mascot’s Wall. Then, post the Tweet as a comment to the post, below it.


http://www.FaceBook.com/seprr
http://www.FaceBook.com/wagsmcgruff


6- Take some time to search related “Social Media Channels”. If a post relates, for example, to Floyd County Animal Control near Rome Ga, post the Notice, just like in #5 above, to any related Fan Page, Group, Twitter feed, website, or blog you can find. Darlington School Alumni’s Wall, The Rome Ga Running Club, Belk Stores in Rome, the Rome Newspaper, The Berry College Fan Page, etc. Anywhere you can justifiable post and not be considered to be spamming is fair use. Just be thoughtful of how you do it. Spamming marginalizes the Notice. Otherwise, post that Notice anywhere else that is related to your effort.


Using Floyd Animal Control as an example, SEPRR posted a mass killing last month at this shelter. We hit around 50,000 Social Media users in about 30 minutes, simply by applying this promotional methodology. Rescue groups responded in mass from several states, and rescued most of the dogs in danger. “Most” is a huge success, when their rescue numbers are usually much lower. This effort made a measurable difference in the coordinated response of rescuers.


7- Circle back around!


- Track where you have promoted your Notice. This is a bit like fly-fishing in a stream! You must observe the currents, the flows, and the movements to succeed.


- Be sure to engage those who comment to the post in conversations, provide updates, or at the very least thank them for their active support. These people are doing the best they can to help out. Give them some positive feedback.


- Timing is critical!


o You can view the times of day that illicit the most response. Tuesday evening in Pet Rescue is prime time, since many shelters Euthanize on Wednesday or Thursday.


o Thursday nights for transports are also super active, since coordinators are scrambling to fill drivers on their run sheet for that weekend’s transport.


- Login to bit.ly. Click on “Info” adjacent to the related shortened link. Analyze the “Clicks”, “Referrers”, and “Locations”


o You will find new Twitter users to Follow, since they are using and sharing your links


Tools: Since endlessly logging into various social media channels is a total pain, we offer some tips:


For mobile PC users who have a flash drive, visit http://portableapps.com/.. Install the apps or a full suite of apps to your jump drive. After you have Mobile Firefox installed, install the xmarks.com plug-in to sync your bookmarks between Chrome, Explorer, & Firefox on Mac or PC, and then start surfing from your jump drive. Your entire rescue related stuff will be on your keychain, and you can use them on anyone’s PC anywhere. Be sure to back it all up using Toucan, for safe keeping:


http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/toucan


9- Build your audience:


Active users- contact them personally. Coordinate and share knowledge with them. Team up.


Like, Share, and RT posts from users you find are well aligned with your own mission. Be loyal.


Take confrontations off-line. Usually, it is best to ignore these, since they consume emotional energy, distract from your rescue mission, and run the risk of alienating others from your mission. If that person gets fired up and goes around and tells everyone you are not a nice person, you really are in trouble. It is best to either ignore these confrontations, or to make amends where it is feasible.


10- Do all the old school activities: And yes, we do get out there - fostering, driving, vetting, and fundraising... but mostly for other rescue groups. Social media is not a substitute for patrolling the shelters, lending a hand with the caretakers, pulling animals, working adoption events, and lobbying your officials on the phone and in person. Social media supercharges the visibility of these activities. Please shout out to the world what you are doing. It may inspire others to step up and make time to help.






In closing, SEPRR encourages you to please post, volunteer, and do whatever you are comfortable and capable of doing in your own way to help animal rescue groups.

Rottweiler and puppies need to transport from Jackson TN to Latrobe PA 3/13-14

This Transport is for a female  Rottweiler and puppies coming from TN who is now in TEMP foster until his transport. They must move next weekend!!!  

To help find drivers to fill the transport, please share this text as your status or on Twitter/Facebook:

Rottweiler & puppies need Transport from Jackson #TN to Latrobe #PA 3/13-14 http://bit.ly/cb2RL6 #petrescue #KY #OH

If you can drive please contact

Denise: bleuone63@yahoo.com with your information and the leg you can drive. All legs are F-L-E-X-I-B-L-E !!!!  If you have a better routing suggestion – please let me know!!!  If you can only do a PARTIAL leg – please offer and I will see if I can accommodate it!   10 minutes added to each leg for transfer and potty breaks.  All legs will be monitored.  Due to the large number of Yahoo Groups I belong to and the amount of mail generated on these groups, it is impossible for me to keep up with all of the mail. I'd hate to miss your offer to help, so please email me directly at the email below if you are able to assist. DO NOT respond to the list or I may never see your offer to help! If you would like to volunteer only as BACKUP if that leg does not fill please indicate clearly on the email that you are volunteering only for BACKUP.  We also appreciate an offer for BACKUP if a leg is filled should an emergency occur.   Thanks!!! Please return with the following information to: Denise Santoro: bleuone63@yahoo.com     Name: Email: Address: Home City/State:    Home Phone:  Cell Phone:  Vehicle Description:    License Plate:  Emergency Contact:  (Name and phone number) Description:  (Height and hair) References: (Vet, rescue, adoption, personal, previous transport, etc.) Preferred meeting Place:  Would you be willing to add an additional dog/pup/cat/ kitten if requested to combine with another transport?    If yes, how many and what sizes? =================================================================================== Sending Shelter/Rescue: Contact Name:  Approved Foster Home Location (city/state):  TN Receiving Rescue/Adopter: (if adopter, home visit must be completed) Contact Name: Jeannie Keller Location (city/state):  Latrobe PA Contact Email:  runn262@netzero.net Website: Rom-Ger-Am Rottweilers   Passenger Name:  Mom & Pups Breed:  Rottweiler Age: 2-3/Nursing pups, 3 5-6 Week Old Pups Gender:  Female Size/Weight:  60-75 lbs Spayed/Neutered:  No General temperament:  Good Any Special Needs:  None Items Provided:   Vet records, Health Certificate, leash & collar (must have health cert to cross state lines)      Crate:  optional, not provided Reason for transport:  Foster To Rescue Vaccines:   UTD (must be up to date):  Yes ================================================================================== Transport Coordinator: Denise Santoro Bleuone63@yahoo.com Saturday March 13: Leg 1 - Jackson, TN to Hurricane Mills, TN (I-40) 75 miles - 1h 25 min 8:00 am – 9:25 am CST Thank You Pam! Leg 2 - Hurricane Mills, TN to Nashville, TN (I-40) 75 miles - 1h 25 min 9:35 am – 11:00 am CST NEEDED! Leg 3 - Nashville, TN to Bowling Green, KY (I-65) 66 miles - 1h 10 min 11:10 am – 12:20 pm CST NEEDED! Leg 4 - Bowling Green, KY to Elizabethtown, KY (I-65) 71 miles – 1h 10 min 12:30 pm – 1:40 pm CST changes to EST this leg 1:30 pm – 2:40 pm EST NEEDED! Leg 5 - Elizabethtown, KY to Louisville, KY (I-65) 45 miles – 0h 50 min 2:50 pm – 3:40 pm EST Needed! Leg 6 - Louisville, KY to Carrollton, KY (I-71) 52 miles – 0h 55 min 3:50 pm – 4:45 pm EST NEEDED!   Leg 7 - Carrollton, KY to Cincinnati, OH (I-71) 63 miles – 1h 5 min 4:55 pm – 6:10 pm EST Thank You Aubrey! Leg 8 - Cincinnati, OH to Jeffersonville, OH (I-71) 67 miles – 1h 10 min 6:20 pm – 7:30 pm EST Thank you Aubrey!   Leg 9 - Jeffersonville, OH to Columbus, OH (I-71) 40 miles – 0h 45 min 7:40 pm – 8:25 pm EST Needed *** OVERNIGHT NEEDED IN COLUMBUS AREA!!!  *** Sunday March 14: Leg 10 - Columbus, OH to Cambridge, OH (I-70) 79 miles – 1h 20 min 8:00 am – 9:20 am EST Thank You Andrea! Leg 11 - Cambridge, OH to Washington, PA (I-70) 80 miles – 1h 20 min 9:30 am – 10:50 am EST NEEDED! Washington, PA to Latrobe, PA (I-70) 59 miles - 1h 5 min 11:00 am – 12:05 pm EST Filled by receiving rescue!

Urgent Gassing TODAY 3/6 2 Labs, 5 Lab puppies, others too.

Butts County is on Petfinder.com. SEPRR has added links to each of these dogs in this posting)

Share this Urgent Request as your status update, tweet, text, or email it. 

Urgent Gassing TODAY Jackson GA 3/6 2 Labs, 5 Lab puppies, others too! http://bit.ly/bF2MPB #atl #macon #ga #petrescue 

Crossposted from 

From: BONNIE J KALMBACH

Subject: GA Jackson: Gassing today 3/6 2 adult Labs, 5 puppies!!

PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG QUICKLY!!

Thank you very much – Networking saves lives!

 PLEASE DO NOT POST TO CRAIGSLIST OR KIJIJI

Please contact the shelter or the person(s) listed below  -  Please do not hit “reply”. I am only cross-posting. 

This very small rescue friendly shelter does not have internet access.  

I am not in Jackson and just passing this along from the Saving Georgia Dogs forum. I don't know if they answer the phone on Saturday's either - maybe some of you do - but one can always try.

Butts County Animal Control
158 Bibb Station Rd
Jackson, GA 30233
Phone: 770-775-8013 
We are an Animal Control Office located in Jackson, Ga. We always have several animals available for adoption. Please CALL if you see something you are interested Our Number is 770-775-8013 Our hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. We are closed for lunch from 12-1.

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15898012

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15898028

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15898024

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15898012
 

USA State Rankings for Animal Welfare Laws and Enforcement

This is a rubrique analysis of the various legislative points championed by the Humane Society of the US.

Since many of our members are in Georgia, for easy access- Georgia is 25th.

*Alabama - Missouri

http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/legislation/state_animal_protection.pdf


*Montana - Wyoming

http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/legislation/state_animal_protection_2.pdf 


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