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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73731</law_id><section_number>3.2-6505</section_number><catch_line>Disposal of animals by means of decompression chamber and use of gas chamber for companion animals prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="65">Comprehensive Animal Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Animal Welfare</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No <span class="dictionary">animal</span> shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber. <a id="paragraph-265168" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6505/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary">companion animal</span> shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a gas chamber. <a id="paragraph-265169" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6505/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 492, &#xA7; 29-213.47; 1987, c. 488, &#xA7; 3.1-796.77; 2008, cc. 8, 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
