6 Articles match "2007","Euthanasia"

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• Barbaro
  
  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.
  Animal Ethics - Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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• From Today's New York Times
  
  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. 20, 200716), 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.
  Animal Ethics - Monday, March 5, 2007
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• From the Mailbag
  
  Some of our professional Chaplains also provide other services (euthanasia visits, memorial services, congregational sermons, etc.) Dear Friends Who Love Animals, I am writing to ask you to help me get the word out about a wonderful free service to your patrons/customers. Any links you can put up to our site will be helpful to them.
  Animal Ethics - Monday, August 20, 2007
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• King County Animal Shelters Still in Trouble
  
  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. When is King County going to clean up its act? What is up with this "progressive" county government?
  Critter News - Thursday, September 18, 2008
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• Texas Tech Allowed to Withhold Info on Animal Testing
  
  From the Avalanche-Journal: The university has purchased cats already scheduled for euthanasia from Odessa Animal Control since the 1980s, a shelter spokesperson, Cpl. The university also purchased dogs from the shelter up until 2007, Carruth said. bet there's probably some ugly stuff in those records.
  Critter News - Monday, June 29, 2009
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• Vile Practices at Tulare County, CA Animal Shelter
  
  Arrested in June 2007, Michael J. 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. From the ALDF blog.
  Critter News - Monday, June 1, 2009
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