Comments on: One state’s toll — 118,365 euthanized dogs http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/07/07/one-states-toll-118365-euthanized-dogs/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Debora A Rawlins http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/07/07/one-states-toll-118365-euthanized-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-28712 Debora A Rawlins Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:20:48 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=10759#comment-28712 this is what you do to innocent animals?you people are heartless,cruel,evil and rotton to do such a rotton thing as this!how would you like to be the ones homeless,no where to go,no one to love you ,not even cared about and then thrown in a dam gas chamber to die a sloe horrible death!all because your an innocent dog?!this should be for inhumane people as well!see how you feel! this is what you do to innocent animals?you people are heartless,cruel,evil and rotton to do such a rotton thing as this!how would you like to be the ones homeless,no where to go,no one to love you ,not even cared about and then thrown in a dam gas chamber to die a sloe horrible death!all because your an innocent dog?!this should be for inhumane people as well!see how you feel!

]]> By: Natalie http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/07/07/one-states-toll-118365-euthanized-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-9259 Natalie Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:56:21 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=10759#comment-9259 Mr. Sowerby states: "“In a gas chamber, the larger dogs survive for four to five minutes — terrified and choking,” If this is happening in chambers that you have personally witnessed, your chamber is overfilled or the gas is not reaching proper concentrations as quickly as it should- Having just gone through this debate in my state, here is what I have learned: Animals euthanized with Carbon Monoxide (CO) gas experience hypoxemia (a deficiency in the concentration of dissolved oxygen in arterial blood). Carbon Monoxide is colorless, odorless, and is nonflammable and nonexplosive unless in concentrations over 10%. Death occurs rapidly in concentrations of 4-6% CO. Dogs exposed to 6% CO in air experience 20-25 seconds of abnormal cortical function prior to loss of conciousness. If the correct information is presented, it give people a chance to reach their own conclusions. Mr. Sowerby states:
““In a gas chamber, the larger dogs survive for four to five minutes — terrified and choking,”
If this is happening in chambers that you have personally witnessed, your chamber is overfilled or the gas is not reaching proper concentrations as quickly as it should-
Having just gone through this debate in my state, here is what I have learned:

Animals euthanized with Carbon Monoxide (CO) gas experience hypoxemia (a deficiency in the concentration of dissolved oxygen in arterial blood). Carbon Monoxide is colorless, odorless, and is nonflammable and nonexplosive unless in concentrations over 10%.
Death occurs rapidly in concentrations of 4-6% CO. Dogs exposed to 6% CO in air experience 20-25 seconds of abnormal cortical function prior to loss of conciousness.

If the correct information is presented, it give people a chance to reach their own
conclusions.

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