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Share this article: The owner and a dog caretaker at a Pleasant Garden kennel was ordered to pay over $50,000 to help pay for the care of 98 dogs seized three weeks ago during an investigation. Read more Share this article: ST. PAULS — The only shelter in North Carolina to use “heart sticking” to euthanize animals has stopped the practice. The Robeson County Health Department agreed last week to euthanize intravenously rather than using heart sticking. That procedure involves puncturing a sedated animal’s heart with a needle containing sodium pentobarbital. Health Director Bill Smith called for the change last week after meeting with animal rights advocates and state Rep. Pat McElraft, who is sponsoring a bill to outlaw heart sticking in North Carolina. Intravenous euthanasia was scheduled to begin Tuesday at the shelter in St. Pauls, where about 4,000 animals are euthanized each year. Share this article: WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. –One Triad county may be changing the regulations for how dogs should be chained up in yards. The Forsyth County Animal Control Advisory Board decided Thursday night to recommend a tethering ordinance to the county commission. Read more Share this article: [Shelter manager Bill] Smith granted one concession at the end of the meeting — using softer beds that were donated in kennels with puppies — but dismissed requests to end euthanasia by heart stick or stop using Ajax and Clorox to clean until after the Humane Society of the United States conducts a review of the shelter. Read more Share this article:
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Share this article: Greensboro, NC — The Greensboro City Council has thrown its support behind “Susie’s Law.” The law is named after Susie, the puppy burned, beaten and left to die in Greensboro’s Greenfield Park last summer.The law pushes for tougher penalties for animal abuse. [Video] Share this article: |
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