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  2. Animal euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Philippine Animal Welfare Society - Wikipedia

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    Anna Hashim-Cabrera. Website. https://paws.org.ph. The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a volunteer-based, non-government organization whose goal is to prevent animal cruelty through education, animal sheltering and advocacy, based in Quezon City, Philippines. It was founded in 1954 by Muriel Jay.

  4. Compassion and Responsibility for Animals - Wikipedia

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    Website. CARA official website. Compassion and Responsibility for Animals (CARA) is a registered non-profit, non-government animal welfare organization in the Philippines. It was founded in 2000 by a group of animal lovers determined to help the plight of animals in the Philippines. The current president of CARA is Nancy Cu-Unjieng.

  5. Death and culture - Wikipedia

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    Death is dealt with differently in cultures around the world, and there are ethical issues relating to death, such as martyrdom, suicide and euthanasia. Death refers to the permanent termination of life-sustaining processes in an organism, i.e. when all biological systems of a human being cease to operate. Death and its spiritual ramifications ...

  6. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Wikipedia

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    Ingrid Newkirk [1] Senior VP, Campaigns. Dan Mathews [1] Revenue. US$66.3 million (2020) [2] Website. www.peta.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; / ˈpiːtə /) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

  7. Euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    Euthanasia (from Greek: εὐθανασία, lit. 'good death': εὖ, eu, 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos, 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. [1][2] Different countries have different euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as ...

  8. Animal loss - Wikipedia

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    The loss of a pet or an animal to which one has become emotionally bonded oftentimes results in grief [1] which can be comparable with the death of a human loved one, or even greater, depending on the individual. The death can be felt more intensely when the owner has made a decision to end the pet's life through euthanasia. [2]

  9. No-kill shelter - Wikipedia

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    A no-kill shelter is a shelter that saves healthy, treatable and rehabilitatable animals and reduces their euthanasia rates by screening and selecting the animals they bring into their care, known as a limited admission shelter. As a benchmark, at least 90% of the animals entering the shelter are expected to be saved. [4]