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You’re a coward if you leave the room when your cat is being euthanized?

PoC avatarPosted on October 7, 2018 by Michael BroadOctober 7, 2018

Ninety percent of cat and dog owners leave the vet’s consulting room when their companion animal is being euthanised at the end of their life. Are we all cowards? I couldn’t stay in the room myself but I didn’t feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Euthanasia | Tagged cat euthanasia, cat guardian, euthanized, human to cat relationship, veterinarian | 8 Replies

USDA euthanised cats used in animal testing with shot of ketamine to the heart

PoC avatarPosted on September 6, 2018 by Michael BroadSeptember 6, 2018

You may remember the furore over the USDA’s use of cats in animal testing when researching the Toxoplasma gondii infection. They did this over about 50 years and almost 3000 cats were used in the research program. Need to Euthanize? … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Testing | Tagged animal testing, cat euthanasia, euthanasia, euthanized, USDA | 4 Replies

To Euthanize an Animal in Front of Another Animal

PoC avatarPosted on May 13, 2018 by Michael BroadMay 13, 2018

Is it inhumane to euthanize an animal in front of another animal especially in an animal shelter where there is already plenty of stress and emotional distress.

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Posted in euthanized | Tagged animal shelter, cat and dogs compared, dog, euthanasia, euthanized, humanely euthanized | 6 Replies

Greenville: Justifying the euthanasia of a cat within 72 hour holding period

PoC avatarPosted on September 22, 2017 by Michael BroadJune 5, 2019

Greenville Animal Protective Services have justified the killing of a cat within the 72-hour holding period. Midnight was a cat who escaped from his home on August 31st. He was returned to his family in a bag a few days … Continue reading →

Posted in euthanized | Tagged animal shelters, cat euthanasia, euthanized | 4 Replies

Tilting Windows Are A Danger To Cats

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By Ruth We had a tragedy in our street this weekend. A young cat was trapped in the small gap at the top of a tilting window, she must have been trying to get out of the house and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Injury | Tagged cat accident, cat euthanasia, cat health problems, cat injury, dangers to cats, euthanized, rspca | 27 Replies

Cat defends himself and is put down to test for rabies

PoC avatarPosted on December 19, 2013 by Michael BroadDecember 19, 2013

This is madness. It makes me mad. This woman apparently took in this stray cat, a tabby and white. She called him “Buddy”. She decided that Buddy wanted to attack her dog so she kicked snow at the cat – … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Rescue, cat abuse, Cat Health, cat welfare, Euthanasia, euthanized, Human to cat relationship, killed, rabies, Stray Cats | Tagged animal control officer, cat attack!, cat attacks, euthanized, feline rabies, human to cat relationship, stray cat | 31 Replies

Vets Forced To Euthanise Healthy Animals

PoC avatarPosted on July 2, 2013 by Michael BroadJuly 2, 2013

By Ruth aka Kattaddorra The worst part of my job when working at vet practices in the 1960s to 1990s was holding healthy animals to be euthanized, simply because their owner had decided that fate for them. We always asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Health, death, euthanized, killed | Tagged euthanasia cats, euthanized | 28 Replies

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