In a first, an American woman used a suicide pod to take her own life. The process took place in Switzerland. It’s done by pumping in only nitrogen gas, so the person will lose goes dizzy, loses consciousness and eventually dies. Enter futurama memes.

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    2 months ago

    There are more and more vets that are using firearms now on farms to euthanize because the drugs they use also cause panic. A 9mm round to the brain instantly incapacitates the animal, they don’t even know what happens. It’s the kindest way to euthanize your animals, anyone telling you the cocktail of drugs or co2 is more humane is full of shit.

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      2 months ago

      Not to mention that the drug they use, euthanyl is very bad to get into the ecosystem. If you have a pet euthanized then you can’t take it home and bury it because the chemical will poison anything that happens to dig up the body and eat it.

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        2 months ago

        Yup, there have been a lot of reports of vultures getting sick or dying from improperly disposed animals.

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          2 months ago

          In a way I hope my dog dies of natural causes because I don’t want to put him down and not get to put him in the forest of our backyard.

          Cremation is bullshit, they cremate a pile of pets all at once and scoop out some for each person. You likely aren’t getting your own pet back.

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            2 months ago

            You say this now but man you don’t want to see how sad a dog is when they are really old can hardly walk. Sit in the corner all day and just be alone. Only coming out for food/water.

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              2 months ago

              I say that knowing that if it gets really bad I know how to take care of him painlessly but without euthanyl so I can bury him where he deserves to be decompose back into the universe.

              So far he is 13.5 years old, blind in one eye, has had 2 tumour removed, a current tumour pressing on his brain, is on 3 different meds (4 if you include occasional CBD) he still runs and chases for kibbles and loves his humans so he’s probably not ready to go yet. Maybe 6 months from now will be different but that is a 6 months from now problem.

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            2 months ago

            Our vet offers a choice between group or solo cremation, with the latter of course costing more.

            And yeah that’s assuming they’re being honest, lol.

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      2 months ago

      Physical trauma makes sense for large animals. If you have 50 lab rats that you need to euthanize, a gassing setup can make more sense than individually whacking them.

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        2 months ago

        Completely agreed, but at that point, just use nitrogen, it’s insane that this isn’t the standard practice.

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        2 months ago

        It makes sense and is more convenient, yes, but they were saying that it’s more humane to do the physical instead.

        If you had the time and patience to do a tiny bolt gun to the brain of all 50 rats individually it would probably be more humane. But it’s inconvenient and difficult.