My husband is an AC officer, our county doesn't use gas, but this part of the job is still dreadful to him too. But it is one part of the job, he also is able to help way more families then the number of animals that he has to put down. Our county is very difficult to get money from, we need a new shelter bad. Our shelter was only built to hold up to 16 dogs and like 20 cats, but on most days it has 50 dogs and 50 cats or more! Thing don't get fixed when needed. The board for the shelter has been fighting with the county commissioners for years now and the only time things get done, is when the press gets involved, you can alway tell when its close to election time, so maybe somethings will get done. Animals being put down is the fault of us, the owners, all of us know someone who has given us an animal for whatever stupid reason. I strongly believe that every animal should be requirred to be spayed/neutured. AC officers are not the bad guys, most own their own animals too!