Not exact matches
By contrast, medical ethicists remain divided about active euthanasia, in which a physician ends a patient's life intentionally and directly: for example, by means of a lethal injectio
By contrast, medical ethicists remain divided about active
euthanasia,
in which a physician ends a patient's life intentionally and directly: for example,
by means of a lethal injectio
by means of a lethal
injection.
A recent study from the American Humane Association
by national Animal Care and Control Consultant, Doug Fakkema, shows that
euthanasia by injection is less expensive than the gassing
in every scenario.
The committee was provided a 2009 cost study showing
in North Carolina
euthanasia by lethal
injection is less expensive than using gas chambers.
Also, Â a cost study of
euthanasia in North Carolina shelters establishes
euthanasia by injection is not only safer for workers and humane for animals, it is cheaper. (The study is attached below for downloading.)
In a quiet and comfortable environment,
euthanasia is performed
by a veterinarian with the
injection of an anesthetic overdose into a vein through a IV catheter.
In concert with humane organizations and veterinary associations across North America, Humane Canada considers
euthanasia by injection of sodium pentobarbital to be the preferred method.
The new law makes sodium pentobarbital
injection, also known as
euthanasia by injection (EBI), the state's only approved method of
euthanasia for dogs and cats
in shelters.
The National Animal Control Association (NACA) issued the following policy statement
in September, 2010: «NACA considers lethal
injection of sodium pentobarbital, administered
by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized for humane
euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
By comparison, the use of euthanasia by injection causes animals to lose consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in rapid clinical deat
By comparison, the use of
euthanasia by injection causes animals to lose consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting in rapid clinical deat
by injection causes animals to lose consciousness and brain function before their vital organs shut down, decreasing suffering and resulting
in rapid clinical death.
New York (would mandate
euthanasia by injection or EBI), Pennsylvania (would also ban chloroform, ether, halothan, fluothane, or similar substance when used
in an airtight chamber or plastic bag, North Carolina (would mandate EBI), Georgia (EBI mandated already for dogs and cats and bill would close loopholes that allow many counties to continue to use CO gas; the bill would allow heartstick only if the animal is unconscious, heavily sedated or comatose), West Virginia (would ban new Co gas chambers), New Mexico, Louisiana (would ban CO chambers for dogs and cats and also ban heartstick unless the «animal is unconscious or rendered completely unconscious and insensitive to pain through the
injection of an anesthetic») and Michigan (would also ban CO2).
Texas law allows only two methods of killing shelter animals: (1) humane
euthanasia by lethal
injection of sodium pentobarbital administered
by a trained employee out of the sight and away from other animals
in a quiet area.
In veterinary practice,
euthanasia is accomplished
by the intravenous
injection of a concentrated dose of anesthetic.
Euthanasia by injection (EBI), using a lethal dose of a barbituate, emerged in the 1960s; today, all major animal welfare organizations, including The HSUS, National Animal Care & Control Association and Association of Shelter Veterinarians, as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), recognize it as the most humane form of e
Euthanasia by injection (EBI), using a lethal dose of a barbituate, emerged
in the 1960s; today, all major animal welfare organizations, including The HSUS, National Animal Care & Control Association and Association of Shelter Veterinarians, as well as the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), recognize it as the most humane form of
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Humane
euthanasia is carried out by staff members that have been certified in «Euthanasia By Injecti
euthanasia is carried out
by staff members that have been certified in «Euthanasia By Injection.&raqu
by staff members that have been certified
in «
Euthanasia By Injecti
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By Injection.»
Euthanasia in small animal practice is
by anaesthetic overdose, usually
by injection into a vein or kidney, sometimes
by gas if the animal is distressed
by handling.
In general,
euthanasia should be carried out
by a vet through lethal
injection or, more rarely, overdose of gaseous anaesthetic.
The AVMA's new direction is more
in line with the National Animal Control Association (NACA) which
in September 2010, issued the following policy statement: «NACA considers lethal
injection of sodium pentobarbital, administered
by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized for humane
euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
The World Medical Association (Resolution on
Euthanasia Adopted General Assembly 2002) condemns euthanasia whether by lethal injection or by medically assisted suicide, and urges all domestic medical associations to refrain from complicity in such practice, even if domestic law professes to le
Euthanasia Adopted General Assembly 2002) condemns
euthanasia whether by lethal injection or by medically assisted suicide, and urges all domestic medical associations to refrain from complicity in such practice, even if domestic law professes to le
euthanasia whether
by lethal
injection or
by medically assisted suicide, and urges all domestic medical associations to refrain from complicity
in such practice, even if domestic law professes to legalise it.