The North Carolina Board of Agriculture voted for the continued use of the gas chamber, along with lethal injection, as a means of euthanasia in animal shelters.

COUNTY DONEGAL, Ireland: Aahh, the beach - warm water lapping at your feet, pearly white sand between your toes... Nothing beats an afternoon under the sun, sipping piña colada, soaking up the rays, reveling in the view, smelling the salty sea breeze and the... dog poop?

WOODLAND PARK, Seattle: When you want to spend some quality time with mother nature, where do you go? To the zoo. When you want to acquaint yourself with members of the animal kingdom, where do you go? Still, to the the zoo. When you want to see where horse meat goes to, where do you go?

Erm.. to the zoo.

MADISON, Wisconsin: So you're breaking up. She gets the apartment, you get the car. He gets the laptop and the game console, she gets the couch and the TiVo.

GREENWICH, Connecticut: She was known as New York's 'Queen of Mean'. But when it came to her precious pooch, Leona Helmsley was anything but mean.

PERRY, Florida: Millions of dogs end up in animal shelters on death row and are euthanized every year for lack of basic training and a little love. Now an innovative new program is not only giving these unlucky canines a second chance - it is also giving convicted felons a chance at rehabilitation and to repay a small part of their debt to society.

SYDNEY, Australia: They're tough, they're ready, they're Australia's newest breed of law enforcers. And they're worth $A90,000 ($72,000) each.

United States of America: More than two million pet dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States every year. However modern technology is giving lost pets a second chance to be safely returned to their owners.