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Senate OKs Bill To Prohibit Type of Animal Euthanasia
2005-07-03
The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that prohibits animal euthanasia that injects a barbiturate directly into the heart of a conscious dog or cat.
Sen. Joseph Carraro, R-Albuquerque, backed the bill but said the measure did not address the real problem — too many unwanted pets. He suggested the state should be looking at aggressive spaying and neutering.
"It's important that we deal with these issues, that we don't just deal with the symptoms," said Carraro, who said he couldn't go to a pound because "I want to adopt them all."
And, he said, the bill didn't address other ways animals are painfully put to death or their suffering just by being in shelters.
"If it's going to take money to fix it, if it's going to take social consciousness to fix it. . . . This bill doesn't fix the problem," Carraro said.
The animal euthanasia bill is SB51.
excerpts from The Albuquerque Journal, Article by The Associated Press
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