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ATLANTA (AP) - A county judge ordered the state Friday to enforce a law preventing animal shelters from using gas chambers to euthanize cats and dogs.
Plaintiffs' lawyer Walter Bush argued at a hearing Friday in Atlanta for a temporary restraining order to keep the Georgia Department of Agriculture from renewing licenses for shelters that use gas chambers illegally.
Fulton County Superior Judge Cynthia Wright's injunction includes exceptions outlined in Georgia law. They apply in counties with fewer than 25,000 people and in cases where an animal poses an extreme danger. Also exempted are counties that were already using a gas chamber when the law was passed in 1990.
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