How cruel and awful is this?

.Like others have said, it may be exaggerated quite a bit as there are easier cheaper ways than gas chambers. I'm from Louisiana and I haven't heard about kill shelters here in years. We do have an abundance of stray dogs and cats, but most animals are in overpopulated foster homes or too crowded humane shelters. What's bad here are the pit bull dog fights. Those animals are put down because of trained aggression, not because no one has had the chance to adopt though. But since Michael vick, the dogs are more likely to be rehabilitated.

In IN, dogs are put down more humanely by injection after longer periods of time. About ten years ago, my family adopted my beloved dog Baxter from a local shelter. He had spent a month there looking sad and miserable in a cage after spending his first year on the streets as a stray. He wasn't mistreated, but there were so many animals there that he didn't always get the attention he needed, and we decided to adopt him right away. Anyway, it breaks my heart to see animals being mistreated and killed awfully. 3 days is not nearly enough time to allow for anyone to adopt a pet; that is horrible.

Animal cruelty should be punishable by law but what if lawmaker were the one doing such action? this is also happening in my country, people who dos not know how to take care of their pets, people who are irresponsible, and people who does fear GOD and does not value the life of everyone. We are the one who should take care of them but then most people were just cruel... I hope this will end soon and everybody will come to realize how important animals play their role to us..

This can be true or false depending where you live. 50 percent of pets purchased today are done on a whim. They go out getting a dog, cat or any other pet thinking that the pet they buy will be the one the see on Tv, the internet or walking down the street. It will be the perfect pet. No training, it will train itself. It will clean up after itself or use the toilet. Fedd itself and of coarse groom itself and drive to the vets. Most people DON,T THINK before they buy a pet that it takes alot of time, money and effort to care for a pet. Now when the pet has to tkae all this time and trouble just like another part of the family it's time to go , they will get rid of it most times the quickest way..

People who do not know how to take care of pets should not be allowed to purchase or even get an animal as their pet. Taking home a pet is a big responsibility and pet owners should learn how to give these pets the love, attention and care that they deserve.

people's conscience has slowly been erased.. their hearts are like stones.. :( i sort of saw something worst, they were skinned alive for their fur.. :( i couldnt watch it anymore because i could not imagine the pain they experienced.. it is really awful that i could say i dont mind if the world will end, everything gone, i dont mind at all because this world has been so cruel, and the people are so greedy, only i pray that God will take my life and my loved ones life in a snap that we wont even notice.. after all this life is just borrowed..

I agree this is awful, and how much more would it cost to house them a couple more weeks to see if they can be adopted. However I believe it is also inhumane at the way people do not fix their pets so that there is not an abundance of pets that need to be cared for. It is not that expensive to have an animal spayed or neutered and would solve a lot of these issues. I think their should be legislation saying animals have to be spayed or neutered unless you are a proven breeder.

This sounds awful, but you have to also consider that dramatic news stories get more attention - the accounts may well be exaggerated. No matter what happens to the animals in shelters, the fact is, getting a pet is a huge responsibility and people don't seem to consider that. In cases without genuine fault (for example i know a family who had a dog for about five years, then the youngest sister was born with an allergy), it's still important to think if you could find a home for a pet, rather than dumping them in a shelter. Then you know the pet is with a nice family, happy in a suitable environment...God knows what'll happen if you leave them in a shelter. I agree with you; I hope people will think about the long term responsibility getting a pet involves. I'd be really interested in reading that article though.

that is not only with dogs. it's with all the animalls. Sometime ago i saw this video that shocked me. I wasnt only reading, it was seing, witch is why you may not want to see this video. It shows how companies across the USA kill the animals so that we can eat. It's pretty distubing, and if you are sencible, just experiment seing the first minute or so. Here's the video www.meatvideo.com.