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In 2008, meat industry lobby group the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) said in a news release that "[a]n official report filed by PETA itself shows that the animal rights group put to death nearly every dog, cat, and other pet it took in for adoption in 2006," with a kill rate of 97.4 percent. [169]
From 1998 to 2011, the euthanasia rate of animals that entered the Austin, TX, city shelter went from 85% to less than 10%, and as of 2011 Austin is the largest no-kill city in the United States. [35] In August 2011, the City celebrated its highest save-rate month ever, in which the shelter saved 96% of all impounded animals. [36]
This overcrowding has led to difficult decisions, resulting in shelters euthanizing more than 359,000 dogs in 2023 alone — the highest number in five years. This is in stark contrast to the ...
Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditions or diseases, [ 1 ] lack of resources to continue supporting the animal, or laboratory test procedures.
In that same year, 32 people received euthanasia by the clinic. [4] In 2023, the clinic has performed 1.269 times an euthanasia, while there had been 4.508 requests, so 72% of the requests had been rejected. [5] The clinic doesn't have a physical place to perform euthanasia, because of that, all operations are done in the patients home. [3]
As of 2023, ASPCA's New York hospital was treating 9,000–10,000 patients annually. [27] In 2023, ASPCA began releasing an annual report that grades major grocery retailers in the United States on their policies around animal welfare, such as selling cage-free eggs and pork raised without gestation crates. [28]
Rates of euthanasia and assisted suicide (EAS) have increased substantially in developed countries, with wide variance in the rates of increase. [61] Eligibility for euthanasia varies across jurisdictions where it is legal. [62] Some countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands allow euthanasia for mental illness. [63]
The Peaceful Pill Handbook is a book that provides information on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Written by the Australian doctor Philip Nitschke and lawyer Fiona Stewart, it was originally published in the U.S. in 2006. A German edition of the print book—Die Friedliche Pille—was published in 2011.