MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — The public is being invited to help
destroy a gas chamber used to kill hundreds of stray cats every year in
one northeast Ohio county.
For a donation to the Medina County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, people are invited to
beat on the gas chamber with a sledge hammer in a parking lot later this
month.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/1iuCQJK)
reports its use was discontinued amid public outcry and the objections
of animal activists.
The county shelter in Medina, south of
Cleveland, gave the chamber to the anti-cruelty group after an anonymous
resident offered to donate $10,000 to the group’s cat program if the
chamber is destroyed.
County commissioners had earlier voted to sell the chamber in a public Internet auction.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — The public is being invited to help
destroy a gas chamber used to kill hundreds of stray cats every year in
one northeast Ohio county.
For a donation to the Medina County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, people are invited to
beat on the gas chamber with a sledge hammer in a parking lot later this
month.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/1iuCQJK)
reports its use was discontinued amid public outcry and the objections
of animal activists.
The county shelter in Medina, south of
Cleveland, gave the chamber to the anti-cruelty group after an anonymous
resident offered to donate $10,000 to the group’s cat program if the
chamber is destroyed.
County commissioners had earlier voted to sell the chamber in a public Internet auction.
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Information from: The Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.