Responsible Government
Responsible Ownership
Responsible Breeding
Home 2006 Alerts
Join
Us: Get Active:
2006 Initiatives
Get on our Email
List
Join
VVAW Yahoo Group
Join
VVAW
Join
VAW
Contact Legislators
Guide for Local Level Work
2006 Animal
Laws
Animal Welfare
Issues:
Gas
Chambers
Animal
Licensing
Pet
Overpopulation Study
Virginia
Statistics
You are here: Home>>>Gas Chambers>>>How you can help
We encourage you to push for elimination of gas. We hope we have made it very easy for you to do so.
Start at the top
Let Gov. Mark Warner (and now Governor-elect Tim Kaine) know you want gas outlawed.
Add that you want no facility in Virginia not now using gas to EVER use it again.
The Governor can outlaw gas chambers in Virginia by a stroke of his pen.
Click here to contact Gov. Warner:
Click here to contact Governor-elect Kaine:
Push on the State Vet
Let the State Veterinarian, Richard Wilkes, DVM, know you want gas eliminated.
Add that you want no facility in Virginia not now using gas to ever use it again.
Dr. Wilkes can outlaw gas by a stroke of his pen.
To reach Dr. Wilkes:
Richard L. Wilkes, State Veterinarian
E-Mail: rwilkes@vdacs.virginia.gov
Office Address:
Virginia Dept. of Agriculture
Washington Building,
1100 Bank St.
Office Telephone No: 804/786-2483
Fax No: 804/371-2380
Push on the jurisdictions still using gas
We have put together information on the 8 places still using gas. Consider a call, consider an email or fax, consider US mail, consider a letter to the editor, consider contacting the members of Virginia’s General Assembly who represent those jurisdictions.
Click here for contact information of the 8 jurisdictions:
Push on your own legislators
Let your own legislator know you want ALL gas gone from the Commonwealth. If we are unable to get voluntary elimination of gas (by the jurisdictions or by edict from the state vet or the Governor), then we will need to seek a change in the law by the legislators in Virginia. As you know, the session starts in 30 days, so it is time for you to tell everyone that gas must go.
To find contact information for your legislator, click below: