Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

At issue is Section 599f of the California Penal Code, which, among other things, prohibits slaughterhouses from purchasing, receiving, selling, dragging, or pushing non-ambulatory animals, also known as “downers,” and requires immediate euthanasia of such animals.

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Critter News

JUNE 29, 2009

From the Avalanche-Journal: The university has purchased cats already scheduled for euthanasia from Odessa Animal Control since the 1980s, a shelter spokesperson, Cpl. PETA was trying to get the information to find out why the university is buying cats and dogs from a West Texas animal shelter for university training or research.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

The bird was stripped of feathers and so badly battered that euthanasia was probable. A year later, in a new city and at a new wildlife hospital, I got my official volunteer apron and badge. My first intake was … a cat-caught Northern Mockingbird.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

I didn’t know this, but the Dalmatian Club of American mandates euthanasia of all deaf pups. This group is made up of rescues that are trained with American Sign Language and hand commands. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. How truly sad.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The town has become so overrun with dogs, that the government began offering a tax exemption of $17 per stray that was offered for euthanasia. That’s one dog for every two inhabitants, according to the BBC.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2008

The agency has said the costs of keeping horses in the holding facilities has caused officials to consider euthanasia as a last resort. The bureau now has about the same number of animals in holding facilities as on the range.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2010

I'm a dues-paying member of both groups but, while I support euthanasia when it is CLEARLY an act of mercy, I come down pretty hard on Best Friends' side here. Rescuing the Vick dogs was a controversial move by Best Friends and some animal groups, most notably PETA, did not agree with it.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

The vet setback is the latest for King County Animal Care and Control, which has come under fire in the past year for running understaffed, overcapacity shelters with high euthanasia rates.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

Some of the provisions will be implemented almost immediately after enactment, such as those relating to starvation, ammonia levels, and euthanasia, and others after just a few years, including labeling and the requirement that all birds will have to have at least 67 square inches of space per bird.

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Critter News

JUNE 20, 2009

Rockville, MD: A lab assistant reported a hamster running loose inside a walk-in refrigerator and a live hamster was found in a euthanasia bag inside the walk-in freezer. Thanks to Stop Animal Exploitation Now! for finding them. 1) BioReliance Corp.,

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Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

They say that leads to obesity, atrophied muscles and cardiovascular problems, while the wet concrete they stand on can cause foot disease and lameness, which {Suzanne} Roy {of In Defense of Animals} said is the leading cause of euthanasia.

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

Cookson were accused of participating in an “off the books” arrangement wherein Harmon and Cookson carried out unauthorized mass euthanasias at the Tulare County, California shelter – reportedly using nonstandard and painful methods – by falsifying records to cover their actions. Arrested in June 2007, Michael J. Sargeant, William R.

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Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

Now, if hunters were in the woods seeking out injured, dying, starving animals, and ending their lives in a way that most would call euthanasia, I might be able to get on board with the compassionate-bullet theory. But that's not what happens.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

This too is good news for pet owners whose only options previously were either an expensive and invasive surgery or euthanasia. Also, 75 percent of owners said that their dogs had an improved quality of life after receiving the stem cell therapy. Vet-stem also recently announced that they will now be offering a cell culturing service.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 15, 2010

And this all leads to the most unfortunate outcome, euthanasia. And limited public funding means that shelters have to rely on public donations to bear the brunt of rising costs for care and housing of these animals. Unfortunately, a recession also means that less people are adopting from or donating to shelters.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 9, 2012

Choosing to adopt a dog rather than get one at the pet store (or what some like to refer to as “puppy mill”) is a beautiful thing—essentially you are saving a poor pup from euthanasia and you’re providing a an animal with a good home. But adopting a pet is a huge responsibility and is very similar to adopting a child.

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Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2011

Fighting to maintain the integrity of the words humane, love, euthanasia or compassion, is also fighting for animals. It would be wonderfully dramatic to be able to say: I'm going to fight for animals rather than for language , but it's not that clear cut. And it usually involves exchanges with non-vegans.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Luckily, almost all of the dogs were spared from euthanasia. This part was very interesting, and I thought it was amazing how they tested and worked with the dogs to finally determine their fate. What was also interesting was that they went into it feeling that if they could save just a few they would be lucky.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2009

AC&C has implemented numerous programs to ensure that as many animals as possible are placed into supportive environments, and adoptions are at an all time high and the euthanasia rate is at the lowest level in New York City history. To learn more about ongoing Animal Care adoption campaigns please visit www.nycacc.org.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Because of foreclosures, the city shelters are in crisis and flooded with animals – which, in turn, has dramatically increased the euthanasia rate. This means less dogs and cats can be saved. The animals need us now more than ever!”.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

What I didn’t tell her was that the sleep would occur while he drifted on a cloud to the continent of Euthanasia the following day. Unbeknownst to Emmie’s mom, Emmie had approached me the day before and knowing her mom would ask me to take Hamlet, got me to swear that I would not have him euthanized.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 5, 2007

To the Editor: The euthanasia of more than 1,000 dogs and cats at the main animal shelter in Las Vegas is surely a major tragedy in the sheltering field (news article , Feb. 16), and the rapid spread of diseases at a facility packed with 1,800 animals required swift action to prevent even more suffering and loss of life.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

Some of our professional Chaplains also provide other services (euthanasia visits, memorial services, congregational sermons, etc.) We are the Interfaith Association of Animal Chaplains. We provide scriptural / spiritual support and free phone counseling to bereaved pet owners.

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Animal Person

MAY 2, 2009

The RSPCA believes: " at least 20 greyhounds a day - either puppies which do not make the track, or 'retired' dogs aged three or four - simply 'disappear', presumed killed " Many vets will admit to killing healthy greyhounds – by definition it cannot be classed as euthanasia – for a cut price fee, for fear the dogs will be disposed of in a less humane (..)

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2007

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. Euthanasia is often called mercy killing, for obvious reasons: Its motive is mercy.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Note to everyone who works with birds and water fowl: Hypothermia and rapid freezing are not appropriate methods of euthanasia and are not considered to be humane unless the animal is anesthetized prior to freezing. In other words, I may as well have doused him in gasoline and set fire to him.

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