Notícia 12: Apliquen l'Eutanàsia a un gos sa per a que descansi amb el seu amo - Victor Garcia

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Healthy Dog Gets Euthanized So It Can 

Be Laid To Rest With Its Owner

- Summary:

    Even in the ancient history of humanity, pets would be buried along with their owners when they died (didn't matter if the animal was healthy or not). Weeks ago in Richmond, Virginia, the owner of Emma, a healthy dog, explicitly wrote in his will to be cremated along with his pet when he died.

    The owner died, and then, Emma was taken to a shelter. There were protests along with the whole procedure, but they couldn't do anything to the fact that the dog was going to get killed. The protesters proposed the alternative to get Emma to another home and family, she didn't have to die.

    Euthanizing animals is legal in the state of Virginia, and can be performed by licensed veterinarians, animal control officers, humane investigators, and certified euthanasia technicians. However, vets don't usually want to end the life of a healthy pet. Despite this, the executor found a vet that euthanized Emma.

- Link or reference:

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/healthy-dog-gets-euthanized-so-it-can-be-laid-to-rest-with-its-owner/

- Publication date: May 23^rd 2019

- Scientific field: Animals

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- Text commentary:

    I chose to comment this new because it makes me feel worried about how selfish can be a human being with creatures of a different species or even the same. Humans have always used animals for their own sake. Despite this, some animals, like dogs and cats, have been petted by us since old times and we have had them in our houses and we treated them like family.

    I have a pet in my house, so when I firstly read the title, I entered quickly to know about this new. The fact that they got euthanasia to a healthy dog made my nerves boil. The dog could have lived a long life even without its owner, besides I personally don't think that the owner would have truly liked to kill the dog just because he died. He may had another reasons. Maybe he couldn't find another family to take care of Emma or he didn't trust what the other humans could do to her when he was gone.