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In reply to the discussion: How many are against humans harming and exploiting animals? [View all]Jamastiene
(38,206 posts)I know that much. I wasn't going to use ignore in DU3, but fuck it. I had to.
Your question sounds like it could be a loaded question though. Sometimes, if an animal is in extreme pain and vets are unable to save the animal or alleviate the pain for the animal, euthanasia can help ease the animal's suffering. To say "any form" means no euthanasia either? Or not? I'm asking. My baby boy had a kind of blood cancer that put him in a lot of pain and he would have died a slow painful death, because he was too far gone when the vets finally realized his condition was worse than they thought. I wasn't about to let him suffer any longer than he had to. He loved me unconditionally. I could not in good conscience let him suffer. There is just no way I was going to put him through dying slowly and painfully. I do support euthanasia in cases like that where the animal would suffer horribly with nothing that can help them any more or alleviate their pain and he was in pain. I'm STILL hurting over losing him and that was back in November. I don't think I will ever be able to adjust to life without him. I think I will always miss him just like the first day he died, but there was nothing more they could do for him and he was suffering horribly. I am still miserable and it happened back in November. I don't think I will ever get over it. Technically, though, euthanasia is killing them too, just trying to do it in a way that eases their pain, in this type of circumstance. I miss my baby boy so bad.