Although the Texas Companion Animal Protection Act aka Hope's Law would have protected shelter pets by:
1) abolishing the gas chamber;
2) abolishing“heart sticks” as a method of “euthanasia” except under certain specific
circumstances;
3) banning “convenience killing” (killing when there are empty cages);
4) mandating collaboration by requiring shelters to work with non-profit rescue
organizations to maximize lifesaving;
5) mandating transparency by requiring shelters to report how many animals they kill;.
6) banning the killing of animals based on arbitrary criteria such as breed, age or color;
7) prohibiting selling shelter animals to research labs;
8) protecting feral cats and feral cat caretakers etc.
the Texas Humane Legislative Network (THLN) FOUGHT against this bill in 2011.
See their excuses for opposing this important, life saving bill below.
THLN'sPositiononHB3450.rtf
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