While «euthanasia» is defined as a gentle, painless death provided in order to prevent suffering, slaughter is a brutal and terrifying end for horses. (aspca.org)
PAWS view is that these unwanted animals as a last alternative, deserve a dignified, painless death rather than suffer from such cruelties as starvation, untreated / terminal disease and trauma stemming from physical abuse; outcomes commonly associated with an unwanted and uncared for existence. (pawsmauritius.org)
She supports a woman's right to an abortion, is against the death penalty and corporal punishment, is not in favor of adopted children digging up their biological parents against their wishes, and believes that Dr. Jack Kevorkian and the incurably ill people who turn to him for painless deaths should be left alone. (firstthings.com)