Sentences with phrase «euthanizing ill dogs»

It has shifted the focus from euthanizing ill dogs in sterile environments to helping manage pain so the creatures can have a more natural end to life, surrounded in a comfortable home, without being exposed to excessive pain.

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If the animal is unplaceable because it has a destructive temperament, is seriously injured, terminally ill or it would be inhumane to prolong life, to take responsibility for the euthanizing of the dog.

At the same time, more veterinarians are willing to create alternatives to simply euthanizing older, ill dogs.

The numbers include dogs that were ill, injured, or aggressive upon arrival and are euthanized by their respective animal control facilities when their owners did not turn up to reclaim them.

Willing to humanely euthanize any unsound or unadoptable pit bull in his / her possession if the dog presents highly undesirable behavior and / or is incurably ill beyond reasonable veterinary care.

So aside from the aggressive, ill, and injured dogs, are we euthanizing healthy dogs?

If you take an animal that is unattractive, ill, or older, in order to «save a life», there is a perfectly healthy, attractive, well behaved dog that will be euthanized.

In some cases dogs which are ill will not get the care they need or will be euthanized and forgotten as quickly as possible.

Until shelters keep reliable records to determine how many of the entering dogs are euthanized by owner request or because they are too old, ill, or aggressive for adoption, the numbers of euthanasias mean little.

It soon became obvious that only the very old, very ill, severely injured, or aggressive dogs were to be euthanized at the SPCA and that no animals would die for lack of space or because they had treatable diseases or behavior problems.

We provide life - long sanctuary and hospice care for small dogs that are blind, crippled, disabled or terminally ill — dogs that would not be considered adoptable and would otherwise be euthanized.

These dogs were either terminally ill, seriously aggressive or euthanized by owner request.

Some dogs may become so ill that they either die or have to be euthanized for welfare purposes.»

Also many «non-kill» shelters still euthanize old and somewhat ill dogs that are not felt to be adoptable.