April 2001
After months of local activism and letters from PETA and veterinarians, Shenango Valley animal shelter agreed to discontinue the use of the gas chamber and give injections a “trial run.”
Pennsylvania Shelter Discontinues Its Use of the Gas Chamber
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind