Contact Members of the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. (Chair)
Senate Box 203047
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3047
(717) 787-3076
Fax: (717) 772-2756
evogel@pasen.gov
Senator Michael Waugh (Vice Chair)
Senate Box 203028
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3028
(717) 787-3817
Fax: (717) 783-1900
mwaugh@pasen.gov
Senator Judith Schwank (Minority Chair)
Senate Box 203011
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3011
(717) 787-8925
Fax: (717) 772-0578
senatorschwank@pasenate.com
Senator Joseph Scarnati
Senate Box 203025
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3025
(717) 787-7084
FAX: (717) 772-2755
jscarnati@pasen.gov
Senator Michael Brubaker
Senate Box 203036
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3036
(717) 787-4420
Fax: (717) 783-3156
mbrubaker@pasen.gov
Senator John Eichelberger, Jr.
Senate Box 203030
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3030
(717) 787-5490
FAX: (717) 783-5192
jeichelberger@pasen.gov
Senator Robert Robbins
Senate Box 203050
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3050
(717) 787-1322
Fax: (717) 772-0577
rrobbins@pasen.gov
Senator Shirley Kitchen
Senate Box 203003
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3003
(717) 787-6735
Fax (717) 772-0581
kitchen@pasenate.com
Senator Timothy Solobay
Senate Box 203046
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3046
(717) 787-1463
Fax: (717) 772-2108
tsolobay@pasenate.com
Contact senate leaders and your local state senator and representative.
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3043
(717) 787-7683
Fax: (717) 783-5976
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3009
(717) 787-4712
Fax: (717) 783-7490
Sample Letter in Support of Senate Bill 1329
Dear Senator _________,
It’s time for Pennsylvania to join the long and growing list of states that prohibit gassing as a method for euthanizing pet animals.
I encourage you to support and move forward Senate Bill 1329, legislation that would prohibit gassing and also require that cats and dogs be euthanized by injection of sodium pentobarbital or one of its derivatives – the method widely considered the most humane.
This issue is extremely personal to me and many other voters who care deeply for our pets. Humane euthanasia is affordable and available, and we no longer need to permit veterinarians and shelters to continue the often inhumane and dated act of gassing. It’s an appalling fact that it remains a perfectly legal method of euthanasia to attach a hose from the tailpipe of a vehicle to a sealed container to suffocate a dog or cat.
I urge you to support Senate Bill 1329 and vote it out of committee now.
Sincerely,
Your name
Sample Talking Points in Support of Senate Bill 1329
- Euthanasia by injection is the safest and least expensive way to euthanize shelter animals.
- Under current Pennsylvania law, pets killed by gassing may be subjected to temperatures of up to 115 degrees.
- Carbon monoxide poses a danger to humans because it is colorless, tasteless, odorless, and highly explosive. In 2000, a shelter worker in Tennessee was asphyxiated to death while operating a faulty gas chamber and others have been injured. In contrast, there are no documented reports of any shelter worker being killed from an accidental injection of sodium pentobarbital
- It can take up to 30 minutes for a dog or cat to die in a gas chamber, whereas an injection causes loss of consciousness within 3 to 5 seconds and clinical death within 2 to 5 minutes.
- Animals don’t always die in gas chambers.