Not exact matches
Sometimes, regardless of the
cause, the only real option is to
euthanize the
animals — as was done in May after false killer whales that had washed onto land near Cape Town, South Africa, defied efforts to get them back out to sea.
All postmortem brain samples come from
animals that either died of natural
causes or were
euthanized for humane reasons due to incurable and / or painful disease.
Of the 224
animals that were in or take into RAIN in 2016, only one pet was
euthanized due to an incurable medical issue that was
causing him excruciating pain.
Your actions
cause more
animals to be
euthanized than is necessary.
The four purposes of the program are to prevent the birth of unwanted kittens in the community, to reduce the hormone
caused nuisance behaviors associated with cats not spayed or neutered, to vaccinate the cats for public health, and to reduce the number of cats
euthanized in
animal shelters.
By providing these low cost services,
Cause for Paws is working towards reducing the number of
animals euthanized in shelters due to pet overpopulation.
There are not enough people willing to adopt these
animals, which unfortunately
causes them to be
euthanized within these
animal facilities.
I understand that no practitioner can sedate and
euthanize without
causing pain or fear in every
animal, every time.
One proposed solution to being able to take in more
animals and
euthanize less
animals was to add more kennels, but in reality, this only magnifies the warehousing problem and creates more issues — more staff, money, kinetic kennel energy, etc. — and would only
cause the dogs to deteriorate faster.
HSNB only authorizes
animals to be
euthanized in cases where they are gravely injured or become so ill or disabled that to prolong life would
cause unacceptable and inhumane suffering.