Lawmaker may revive proposal to ban animal euthanasia by gas chamber

SALT LAKE CITY — After failing earlier this year to pass a proposed ban on the use of carbon monoxide gas chambers at animal shelters, Utah lawmakers are again considering what issues counties may have in changing to less controversial euthanasia methods.Sen. Peter Knudson, R-Brigham City, sponsored SB56 during the 2017 legislative session, attempting to replace CO gas chambers with lethal injection as a form of euthanasia for shelter animals.During a Wednesday meeting of the Legislature's