How do vets put dogs to sleep?
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Nowadays the method usually adopted for canine euthanasia is for a veterinary surgeon to inject an overdose of a barbiturate anaesthetic, usually intravenously, but occasionally in very young, elderly or weak animals by another route. The dog goes to sleep as if being anaesthetized before an operation but does not recover. This method inflicts no pain and with an intravenous injection is extremely quick, since only a matter of seconds elapses before the animal becomes unconscious. With a very aggressive or nervous animal it may be necessary to administer a tranquillizer or other sedative drug beforehand in order that it can be calmed and adequately restrained for the injection. In general, it is preferable for euthanasia to be performed on a vet’s premises since all the specialized equipment and trained assistance will be available there.
Animal welfare societies, faced with the unpleasant duty of having to destroy many unwanted animals, but with limited charitable resources, may be obliged to use a less expensive method. Reports suggest that the most suitable is to induce unconsciousness and then death by using nitrogen to flush all the vital oxygen out of a cabinet holding the animal.
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