CODE OF VIRGINIA DISPOSAL OF ANIMALS BY MEANS OF DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER AND USE OF GAS CHAMBER FOR COMPANION ANIMALS PROHIBITED (§ 3.2-6505) A. No animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a high altitude decompression chamber. B. No companion animal shall be euthanized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by means of a gas chamber. HISTORY: 1984, c. 492, § 29-213.47; 1987, c. 488, § 3.1-796.77; 2008, cc. 8, 860.