Actress, animal rights advocate and Utah resident KatieHeigl of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Ugly Truth” said the use of gas chamber euthanasia puts a “black mark on this incredibly sacred place.”
Katherine Heigl joins Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork, as they discuss gas chamber euthanasia for animals shelters during a news conference at the Capitol, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.State Sen. Mike McKell introduced legislation to end gas chamber euthanasia in Utah’s animal shelters during a news conference Wednesday. And to bring more attention to the issue, McKell brought celebrity reinforcement to the Capitol.
Actor and animal rights advocate Katherine Heigl — of “Grey’s Anatomy” and “The Ugly Truth” — said as a proud Utah resident, the use of gas chamber euthanasia puts a “black mark on this incredibly sacred place.”Animal Shelter Revisions , mandates that shelters use euthanasia by injection and requires shelters to create policies and training for euthanasia procedures, as well as documentation of that training.
The legislation, as its currently written, does provide an exception for animal control officers, allowing for the euthanization of an animal in an emergency situation outside a shelter by using the “most humane method available to the officer.” “[Gas chamber euthanasia] is the least humane method to euthanize an animal and we shouldn’t use the least humane method in our state,” McKell said.
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