{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-609.405","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 609.405","heading":"Requirement for destroying dogs and cats.","body":"(1) No city or county or any facility with which the city or county has contracted to perform animal control functions and no humane society shall cause a dog or cat to be destroyed except by lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital or other substance approved by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.\n      (2) If a particular dog or cat to be destroyed poses an imminent threat to human or animal life, making use of lethal injection of sodium pentobarbital inappropriate, a reasonable and appropriate alternative may be used. The alternative method may be subject to review by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.","path":["15 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food","48. Animals","Chapter 609 — Dogs; Exotic Animals; Dealers"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors609.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:16Z","sha256":"245a101b848d406d4096c74a6eaf7314c944190c190658201cccca8940a0af47","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-609.355","next":"us-or/ors-609.410"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}