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« on: Aug 7^th, 2003, 5:13pm »

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ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- Cast into a city gas chamber to be euthanized with other unwanted or unclaimed dogs, it appeared the roughly year-old Basenji mix had simply run out of luck -- and time.

But this canine had other ideas.

When the death chamber's door swung open Monday, the dog now dubbed Quentin -- for California's forbidding San Quentin State Prison -- stood very much alive, his tail and tongue wagging.

Animal-control supervisor Rosemary Ficken had never seen such a survivor, and she didn't have the nerve to slam the door shut again.

This 30-pound animal, she believed, beat the odds and should live on.

"She told me, 'Please, take him. I don't have the heart to put him back in there and re-gas him,"' said Randy Grim, founder and head of Stray Rescue of St. Louis, the charitable shelter that took in the dog before taking the animal's story public.

Quentin's ordeal was played and replayed Wednesday on local TV stations, drawing people looking to adopt him.

"To me, it's a miracle or divine intervention," Grim said. "I can't help but think he's here to serve a higher purpose. This case blew me away. This is amazing."

On Wednesday, Quentin was a little malnourished but "in very good condition," Grim said. He was being checked for heartworm and other maladies by a veterinarian.

"You can tell he's really digging it," Grim said. "He has a bed, love, food and water."

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« Reply #1 on: Aug 7^th, 2003, 5:21pm »

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oh my god!

I am soo happy for this puppy, yet my eyes welled up with tears as I was reading it!

I pray he gets a good home

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« Reply #2 on: Aug 7^th, 2003, 7:42pm »

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ohh...the US...use gas chambers for dogs?!

isn't it expensive than injecting or giving them poison?... or even sell them to the east where dogs are eaten.. hehehhe Grin

poor dogs... to have them punished by death because no one owns them.... Embarassed

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« Reply #3 on: Aug 7^th, 2003, 10:29pm »

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in BC, Canada, dogs/cats are euthansized by injection. i, too, was shocked that they used a gas chamber! Shocked

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 8^th, 2003, 1:12am »

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I would imagine gassing them might be less painful than an injection, although they probably use it because it's cheaper.

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 8^th, 2003, 5:14am »

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In about 1976 we got our dog from the Humane Society in London, Ontario.

We were there at the end of the week and had been looking at a litter of border collies. We really liked this one little one. We kept looking around the shelter. At one point we saw the cage was now empty and my dad asked about them.

They said they had started to gas them as it was the end of the week. They ran in and grabbed her and brought her to us. She was a little groggy but survived to be our family pet. We named her Angel.

I was so sad to learn that this happens. She was our only pet and the only time we had looked for a pet. I was about 18 at the time (my youngest sister was 8 and it was a gift for her at Christmas/birthday that year - she's born close to Christmas).

The really sad part is that another man wanted two of the other dogs from that litter but by the time he enquired the rest were dead.

Why would they not wait until we had all left for the day? Guess they don't like to pay overtime. I always remember that dog - she was a blessing to us in so many ways.

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« Reply #6 on: Aug 8^th, 2003, 8:35am »

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horrible

I also thought they did injections

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« Reply #7 on: Aug 8^th, 2003, 12:28pm »

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I guess I see it as less painful/more humane to gas them. A few years back I had to have one of my cats put down, and I stayed in the room while they did it. They don't inject into the back of the neck, they use a vein in the foot, which is painful for the cat and they ended up missing the vein a couple times because she was jerking around and trying to get away from them. The was terrified looking by the time they had to pin her down and inject it. I felt awful and sobbed hysterically. I remember thinking that her last moments were in terror and anger, and pain from the needle injections. I have also read before that it's common to miss while giving the injection, because the animal is fighting back like that. It seems to me that sitting/laying down in a gas chamber and breathing in fumes and falling unconcious that way is much more humane and less traumatic. Watching it happen by injection still haunts me. :wail:

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« Reply #8 on: Aug 8^th, 2003, 11:15pm »

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erhm, i was present when my friend's cat was put down by injection and it did not go in the paw. it went in the back of the neck and the cat did not even flinch when it went in. no pain. therefore, i still see it as less painful/more humane than gas.

i know we all have our own personal experiences though and i respect that.

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« Reply #9 on: Aug 9^th, 2003, 7:01am »

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I think it depends on the vet. I will always remember what a great vet I have and it is why I won't change. When I brought Nuisance here to Vermont to let him go, he was really uptight since he never liked strangers anyway. My vet spent 30 minutes talking to me in the exam room while I held Nuisance. We both talked sofly about all the memories we had together of him and since he had been his vet since he was a kitten it was almost 14 years of remembering him and his brother. When I had entered the exam room, I was crying and it had made Nuisance even more stressed. By the time my vet decided it was time to let him go, we were both calm. He had a nurse come in to shave his paw and the Nurse held him for the 15 seconds while the stuff took effect. It was quick, no pain and so peaceful.
Prior to that I had let his brother go 3 years before with a different vet and that vet used the same technique. He had no history with Tiger or me so instead he asked me to tell him about him. They again shaved the paw and that time I held Tiger while he inserted the needle and it was also just as peaceful and quick.

It saddens me to hear that that is not always the case. I always tell people to go in and be with their furkids when it is time cause watching them go so quickly and peacefully makes it easier to let go. Now knowing that it doesn't always happen that way, I will be more careful about advicing that.

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« Reply #10 on: Aug 9^th, 2003, 3:14pm »

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Rhune I so felt your hurt when you described what happened. In our case our dog survived because of the gas.

I just want to say that she was called Angel for another reason - she was nearly all black and very mischievous. In the end she was an angel and helped my father through some of his most difficult life challenges. She was his constant companion. Bless her - we have not forgotten you little angel.

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« Reply #11 on: Aug 11^th, 2003, 2:44pm »

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I hadnt read this WOW!!!!

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