North Utah Valley Animal Shelter Gets Rid of Cruel Gas Chamber
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FROM Jeremy Beckham, UARC Utah Animal Rights Coalition
August 2021

A former NUVAS employee has publicly testified that animals killed in the NUVAS gas chamber suffer horribly. As the chamber slowly fills with poisonous gas, the animals begin to experience side effects from carbon monoxide poisoning. They cry out and try desperately to find a way out.

After thousands of UARC members and supporters contacted elected officials in Utah County, North Utah Valley Animal Shelter (NUVAS) just announced at its public board meeting that it will end gas chamber euthanasia “as quickly as possible.”

NUVAS Director Tug Gettling stated that euthanasia by injection is the "most humane" and "most preferred" method. UARC applauds Tug Gettling for making the compassionate choice and modernizing his shelter.

UARC would like to thank all of YOU for never giving up on the animals. Our collective voice is how this victory was achieved.

An activist's comment about a recent shelter board meeting: "It was painfully clear that for many people, there is an instinctual resistance to change simply because it carries a tacit admission that you were doing things wrong and the animal rights people were right all along. Some people fiercely resist admitting such a thing. It's ego and institutional inertia, really."

A former NUVAS employee testified that animals killed in the NUVAS gas chamber suffer horribly. As the chamber slowly fills with poisonous gas, the animals begin to experience side effects from carbon monoxide poisoning. They cry out and try desperately to find a way out. Some animals even break their own claws as they try in vain to dig their way out of the chamber.

Here are just two the dozens of animals recently killed in the gas chamber at North Utah Valley Animal Shelter (NUVAS).

gas chamber death

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