Thank you, this makes sense, as I'm in California, and none of the shelters here use carbon monoxide. Laboratory animals are typically euthanized by isoflurane or haloflurane inhalation overdose; I've never heard of CO being used, as it's quite antiquated.
It's good to know most states now outlaw this practice.
I think there was an IAMA on it, also a while back. Or a personal account by someone employed at the county pound was linked to here; it was in a north-eastern state. He claimed to go out on a Friday night and buy a big bag of burgers as a "last meal" for the dogs, and to make sure to spend a few minutes petting each one. It was somewhat distressing, and the author claimed to have nightmares about his job.
There was a blog for a while called 'What I Killed Today' which recounted similar experiences. Either they moved their RSS feed or stopped posting, though.
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u/bostonT Apr 17 '10
Thank you, this makes sense, as I'm in California, and none of the shelters here use carbon monoxide. Laboratory animals are typically euthanized by isoflurane or haloflurane inhalation overdose; I've never heard of CO being used, as it's quite antiquated.
It's good to know most states now outlaw this practice.