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Director Tug Gettling accepted a 15000 grant which Hunt says is higher than any other shelters have received from the Humane Society and donors. UARC says South Utah Valley Animal Shelter in Spanish Fork is now the only shelter in Utah euthanizing animals by gas chamber.

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This despite his promise to convert to humane EBI and after accepting a grant for over 1500.

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The North Utah Valley Animal Shelter NUVAS in Lindon serves Orem and 10 other cities that include Alpine American Fork Cedar Hills Eagle Mountain Highland Lehi Lindon Orem Pleasant Grove Saratoga Springs and Vineyard. Erica Olsen started the petition End North UT Valley Animal Shelter Murdering Animals In Gas Chambers which over several weeks has been signed by nearly 67000 people. Utah animal rights activists protest the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter outside of the Orem City Center on Tuesday June 15 2021.

Dogs and cats killed in these chambers can take as long as 30 minutes to die during which time they often gasp for air and frantically. Nadya is a very sweet kitten. North Utah Valley Animal Shelter NUVAS in Utah County is one of only four shelters left in the entire country still using a gas chamber to kill dogs and cats.

Special thanks is owed to the Utah Animal Rights Coalition UARC for their persistent efforts in this accomplishment. In another step. The Utah Animal Rights Coalition organized the protest after a petition to ban gas chambers at North Utah Valley Animal Shelter took off amassing over 70000 signatures.

We take appointments Monday-Friday from 1000 AM until 1130 AM and 100 PM until 230 PM. However the antiquated practice is something legislators tried to ban in the last session but failed. Please call the shelter directly to check our appointment availability.

Connor Richards Daily Herald file photo. While gas chamber euthanasia at animal shelters is rare Utah is still one of the handful of states that allows the practice. For nine consecutive legislative sessions Utah has considered bills to ban gas chamber euthanasia entirely but the legislation never made it to the governors desk for signature into lawDuring an Orem City Council meeting back on.

North Utah Valley Animal Shelter is in the process of switching to euthanasia by injection EBI and dismantling the shelters gas chamber. While we celebrate these. A kitten peers out of its cage at a Utah animal hospital on Sept.

Another effort to end the use of gas chamber animal euthanasia in Utah one of the few states that still uses it. MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR RESCUE YET. More than 66000 people have signed a petition to end gas chamber euthanasia for pets at North Utah Valley Animal Shelter in Lindon.

A protest is planned for 4 pm. Due to opposition from two Utah County Sheriffs and NUVAS director Tug Gettling who operates them. Since 2019 they have killed over 1000 dogs and cats using this cruel and outdated method.

SB69 banning gas chambers in animal shelters has again been defeated in 2022. At NUVAS their gas chamber is their sole method to kill shelter animals. Our address is 193 N 2000 W in Lindon UT 84042.

On Tuesday June 15 at Orem. She and Jeremy Beckham. FROM Jeremy Beckham UARC Utah Animal Rights Coalition August 2021.

Hunt said her organization partnered with the North Utah Valley Animal Shelters director in 2018 to end the practice and switch to euthanasia by injection the method widely considered more humane. More than 66000 people have signed a petition to end gas chamber euthanasia for pets at north utah valley animal shelter in lindon. As the chamber slowly fills with poisonous gas the animals begin to experience side effects from carbon monoxide poisoning.

A local protest against gas chamber euthanasia was captured on video last week. A former NUVAS employee has publicly testified that animals killed in the NUVAS gas chamber suffer horribly. The protest was held when potential adopters found out the dog they planned to adopt a 3-year-old husky named Penguin was euthanized at North Utah Valley Animal Shelter earlier in the month.

We are here because of the gas chamber that Tug Gettling will not destroy he said he. I was dismayed to learn from Utah Animal Rights Coalition UARC that Utah County Cities contract with North Utah Valley Animal Shelter NUVAS a facility that still kills hundreds of dogs and cats each year in cruel carbon monoxide chambers. The dog a stray named Penguin was brought to the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter earlier this year.

Like several others Heather Smiths mother had wanted to adopt Penguin after seeing his. These are some of the animals killed in the NUVAS gas chamber so far in 2021. 1 weather alerts 1.

Tug Gettling director of the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter one of the two shelters in the state that still uses the gas euthanasia procedure has been quoted saying that the method is safer for employees. Utah animal rights advocates protested animal shelter gas chamber use on June 15 at Orem City Hall and presented a 50-foot-long petition to city council members. Come Meet North Utah Valley Animal Shelters Pets.

Animal advocates have renewed a call to action to ban gas chamber animal euthanasia in the state of Utah. In another step forward for the animals North Utah Valley Animal Shelter NUVAS announced on August 26 2021 that it will end gas chamber euthanasia after 10 years of pressure from the community and activist groups. The video was posted on TikTok by Samery Moras and has gone viral with.

Until that transition is complete they are still using the gas chamber and their animals are still at risk of being killed in a gas chamber. Connie Whiting a local animal advocate says last June the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter director committed to phasing out of using the gas chamber. FOX 13 News reached out to the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter.

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