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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]
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]
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 ...
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.
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]
Government launches major consultation on the future of the NHS, promising to put patients and staff at the heart of its 10-year health plan
Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British-American animal activist, author and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. Newkirk founded PETA in March 1980 with fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco.