Remove Dog Pound Remove Euthanasia Remove New York Times
article thumbnail

Barbaro

Animal Ethics

See here for the New York Times story. Barbaro's killing is a case of euthanasia. The word "euthanasia" means good, gentle, or easy ( eu ) death ( thanos ). The paradigm case of euthanasia is where a sentient being is terminally ill, will die soon anyway, and is in great pain. But this is inappropriate.