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Cruel, Painful and Inhumane "Euthanasia" Methods
Are Being Used at the Robeson County Pound in
Lumberton, North Carolina

In my opinion, these people who are causing such extreme pain, anxiety and suffering to these animals should be charged with Animal Cruelty. There is no excuse for their actions and, as far as I'm concerned, they are breaking the law.

Please help by writing letters and/or making calls to the Robeson County Commissioners. And please contact me here at PTI if you would like to help in our campaign to get these horrible practices stopped at this shelter.

At this point, there are no email addresses available, but I will post them if I am able to obtain them.

Thank you,
Jamie J. Knight

PETA's video on these horrible conditions can be seen at their link at the bottom of this page.

Euthanasia

Lumberton, North Carolina
Shelter Workers Caught on Videotape Cruelly Killing Animals
(Robeson County, North Carolina)

About Us

PETA has been in contact with regard to deplorable living conditions, improper handling and care, and cruel killing procedures at the Robeson County pound. When PETA learned that workers were killing animals using painful "heart sticks," the organization paid to send three Robeson county employees to euthanasia training. County officials repeatedly assured the public and PETA that the shelter would, from then on, only use painless intravenous injections to
euthanize animals and would use their training to handle the animals gently.

But undercover footage, taken just days ago, tells a far different story. Workers � three of whom PETA sent to euthanasia training � are shown plunging a needle into the sensitive tissue around animals' hearts while the animals are fully conscious, an illegal killing technique condemned by the American Veterinary
Medical Association because the injection can cause pain penetrating the muscles surrounding the heart. Animals are killed in plain view of one another in an assembly-line fashion, dropped, slapped, stepped on, pinned to the ground, left to convulse, and thrown into a wheelbarrow on top of dying and dead animals while they are still alive. The video shows a cat suspended by a catchpole noose tight around her neck, the stick propped against the wall, her legs kicking, left to suffer and slowly die, unattended, after she is stabbed in the heart with a needle.

Robeson County's unwanted animals are entitled to basic protections under the state law. Please contact Robeson County officials immediately. Tell them to stop permitting pound employees to kill animals because they are unfit to do so humanely and legally and to acquire the assistance of a qualified veterinarian to perform intravenous euthanasia. Urge them to take action immediately to bring
the Robeson County pound up to at least the minimum state requirements. North Carolina residents, please also write to your legislators today and demand that all county and municipal animal shelters be subjected to inspection and regulation by the state Department of Agriculture, just as privately owned or operated shelters are.
Write to:

Robeson County Commissioners:

Johnny Hunt, Chair
Berlester Campbell
Raymond Cummings
Luther W. Herdon
Gary N. Powers
H.T. Taylor Jr.
Eugene Turner
Noah Woods

Robeson County Courthouse
701 N. Elm St.
Lumberton, NC 28358-4891

Tel.: 910-671-3022
Fax: 910-671-3010
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Sample Letter

Dear Commissioners,

I am writing to you to urge you to please stop permitting pound employees to
inhumanely kill animals.

At the Robeson County pound, there are deplorable living conditions, improper
handling and care, and cruel killing procedures. Workers were caught on
videotape plunging a needle into the sensitive tissue around animals' hearts while the animals are fully conscious, an illegal killing technique condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association because the injection can cause pain penetrating the muscles surrounding the heart. Animals are killed in plain view of one another in an assembly-line fashion, dropped, slapped, stepped on, pinned to the ground, left to convulse, and thrown into a wheelbarrow on top of dying and dead animals while they are still alive. The video shows a cat suspended by a catchpole noose tight around her neck, the stick propped against the wall, her legs kicking, left to suffer and slowly die, unattended, after she is stabbed in the heart with a needle.

Robeson County's unwanted animals are entitled to basic protections under the state law. Please stop permitting pound employees to kill animals because they are unfit to do so humanely and legally and please acquire the assistance of a qualified veterinarian to perform intravenous euthanasia. Please take action immediately to bring the Robeson County pound up to at least the minimum state requirements. This is deplorable and unacceptable conduct by these employees. All should be fired! Cruelty is not something any community should tolerate and surely not pay them for.

Thank you for your attention to this serious matter. I look forward to your
reply.

Sincerely,

Above Information and Sample Letter
Contributed By:
Karryn Hart

Source
PETA Action Alerts e-News, Nov. 1-7, 2001

Information Below
Provided by TheAnimalSpirit

**NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS**
Please also write to your legislators.
For contact info., visit the following links:

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/house/house_member_list.pl

http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/senate/senate_member_list.pl

(Name of Addressee}:

I am very concerned about a recent report from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) regarding the Robeson County Pound.

I understand that undercover footage, taken just days ago, shows workers plunging a needle into the sensitive tissue around animals' hearts while the animals are fully conscious. This is an illegal killing technique condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association because the injection can cause pain penetrating the muscles surrounding the heart. According to the PETA report, animals are killed in plain view of one another in an assembly line fashion, dropped, slapped, stepped on, pinned to the ground, left to convulse, and thrown into a wheelbarrow on top of dying and dead animals while they are still alive. The video shows a cat suspended by a catchpole noose tight around her neck, the stick propped against the wall, her legs kicking, left to suffer and slowly die, unattended, after she is stabbed in the heart with a needle.

This is a very serious matter and your prompt attention is required. I request that all county and municipal animal shelters be subjected to inspection and regulation by the state Department of Agriculture, just as privately owned or operated shelters are.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

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