We will respond only if assistance is needed by the authorities. The decision to euthanize is always sad and painful. To remove some of the stress from staff members, a euthanasia committee has been formed. We do not euthanize for the general public. This would be too hard on the staff, who perform euthanasia almost daily.
Euthanasia is by lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital.
People often ask what happens to the animals afterward. We receive weekly service from a private cremation company. Euthanasia is never a pleasant alternative. In many cases, these shelters ship the animals elsewhere for euthanasia. They can honestly say they aren't performing euthanasia, but it happens, nonetheless.