I have read this before too and cried. I did not want to say anything but I work at a shelter and do animal control and euthanize. We do not use the gas chamber but there are still some shelters in Va that do. We do not get as many animals as most shelters and we pull dogs from other shelters when they have to euthanize some. The dogs are very fortunate to come to our shelter they are not put down and treated with love. All of us that work there have adopted more then one animal form there. We are pretty much no kill as far as dogs are concerned. Cats are not as lucky because farmers have barn cats and will not get them fixed. They just bring the surplus in when they get too many. Of course they are feral and sick and usually inbreed. They are the unlucky ones. Spotsylvania shelter in Fredericksburg Va gets in yorkie mixes and a lot of other small dogs and they euthanize everyday. If anyone is close to that shelter and wants to rescue a dog that is a good place.
Take a look at my shelter's Petfinder site:
http://west.petfinder.com/shelters/VA186.html