Post #51828

2025-12-11 06:57 UTC

There are extremes. There are a lot of posts in this thread already detailing positive cases for euthanasia. My wife worked as a vet tech assistant and she told me once of a case where someone brought their dog in. Diagnosis was terminal, but that the dog was in good condition right now, and would likely not have any discomfort for months. They chose to euthanise immediately. I guess the owner didn’t want to deal with the reminder every day? But that feels wrong to me.

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@IWW4@lemmy.zip 2025-12-11 12:35

There is nothing wrong with that. There is no point in subjecting either party to the pain of a terminal illness. I gotta tell you that there are a few diseases out that that if I was diagnosed with I would kill my self within 24 hours.

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@Today@lemmy.world 2025-12-11 17:17

My mom adopted a very sweet cat from a shelter. Within two weeks we learned that she was sick, barely eating and losing weight. She passed on my mom’s lap within a month of adoption. We assume she was dropped at the animal shelter because the previous owner knew and didn’t want to deal with it. That seems so cruel- to put a sick animal through that process of shelter and adoption. I’m glad that we were able to give her care and love at the end but I’m still angry at the asshole who dumped her.

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