Animal Suicide Essay

    Due to the domestication of cats and dogs their populations have skyrocketed. This is due in part to the lack of pet owners acting in a responsible manner. These responsibilities include the spaying and neutering of  pets. These numbers of

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This quote from the poet Sylvia Plath, who committed suicide, opens a dreary window towards understanding what leads to suicide which is so tragic for the rest of us. It is no secret though that most of us have contemplated suicide or at least the idea of it at one point of our lives or another. What is it about suicide that so permeates not only humanity but even some species of animals as well? While that may be hard to describe considering that what we know

I have always been fascinated by the effects of compassion fatigue and the overall rates of suicide in the veterinary profession. I currently work as a certified veterinary technician and in my day to day career I see many horrible things. As a veterinary professional I, have noticed a shocking uptick in veterinary suicides. Due to the difficult nature of the work, even I have felt the pang of compassion fatigue and heartache. From a personal standpoint, it is a very difficult job and the career field has many downsides. The need to understand how a variety of factors all intertwine is an important area of study. With that, there have been many studies done to find the etiology of this increase in suicides. While suicide in and of itself is

In this article, George E. Dickenson and Heath C. Hoffmann (2016) discuss how deep an animal's emotional intelligence truly is. They discussed how when an animal is being euthanized those surrounding it understand what is happening and react in a way that is almost human. They found this by conducting a survey taken by certified veterinarians. Even when an animal is just sitting in the waiting room before they receive the shot the other animals around them start to go over to the sick animal as if they are saying goodbye or comforting it. Those surrounding the sick canine also start to express sorrow, act on their owner's emotions, and feel stress (p. 61-65). Since veterinarians completed the survey and every source they used are reliable

“It’s is fortunate if a pet is able to die at home in a painless and peaceful state. This is ideal, and is more predictable when using veterinary supervision that includes proper pain control and home euthanasia services. But not all terminal animals receive needed professional help, nor are they able to pass away peacefully and naturally at home. Some dying pets suffer greatly and go into terrible respiratory distress and thrash about and become agonal before death. This is truly not natural. In the wild, debilitated animals naturally become prey. Sick animals in the wild do not survive long enough in decline to endure the angst of suffering to death.”http://petlossathome.com/dont-let-a-pet-suffer-to-death/ This explains that pet owners are fortunate to be able to let their pets die in a peaceful way. This also explains that choosing to let a terminally ill animal suffer and die without euthanasia is unnatural and cruel because in the wild a terminally ill animal would automatically become prey and be put out of it’s suffering. Overall the suffering of an animal can be prevented by

In Moscow, feral dogs have learned how to effectively ride the subway system and will turn and attack humans that mistake them for a domesticated species. (Macdonald) Older deer seem to have learned how to cross the street safely, as they look back and forth the entire time they are crossing. However, this is a learned behavior that cannot be passed genetically onto their offspring, and so younger deer will recklessly skip onto the road, directly in the path of an oncoming vehicle, and this causes fatal car accidents. Even alligators can cause serious bodily harm if someone were to retrieve a golf ball from a shallow pond without noticing the alligator’s presence, or if they are digging through residential garbage cans and eating food left out for pets and a human stumbles across the alligator. They will even ambush unattended pets. (ALLIGATORS)

The name of my dog was Sam. Sam could barely walk and was diabetic. She was a 15 year old Yellow Lab that was very important to our family. We decided to put her down because we could see that she was miserable. In the article “Rare white rhino population drops to 3 with euthanasia at San Diego Zoo” by the Washington Post, it explains how at the San Diego Zoo euthanized a rare White Rhino. They decided to euthanize the Rhino because it was old and was sick. The White Rhino was one of the last of its species, bringing the population down to 3. Although it was a hard decision, it was the right one. It is crucial to continue to allow animal euthanasia because of situations like this.

In society, we associate suicide with a mental disorder such as depression. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in 2015, 44,193 people were reported to have committed suicide. "50% of all people who die by suicide suffer from major depression." Because these numbers are so great, it can be seen that the legalization of euthanasia would significant increase the number of people committing suicide.

Each year, approximately 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized (Pet Statistics). According to the ASPCA, about 670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats are euthanized in shelters each year in the U.S.A (Pet Statistics). Animals in shelters are should not be euthanized because they are just waiting to be adopted by a loving family.

No no-kill kill-shelter There are many choice in the world today for people to make, where to go to college, who to marry and what to eat. These choice do not really deal with morals, but there are many that do deal with what is “right.” One choice someone might have to make is when they find a lost animal where should they take it? Pet smart can scan for microchips, but if they do not find any what comes next? The person could keep the animal, but some people do not have the time or space to take care of them.

Depression causes problems throughout thousands of people's lives. Did you know that suicides caused by depression are the tenth leading causes of death in united states? For every suicide committed there is at least 25 more attempted because the feeling of loss and grief. Scientists have been working hard on the social issue so people can lower our suicide rates here in America. Scientist solutions to lowering depression rates is to use electroshock therapies, special depressive disorder medications and therapy.

Becoming a parent to your biological child, adopted child, stepchild or even a puppy can change your entire world. Your goal is to raise them in a decent way and ensure protection as much as you can. It never crosses your mind that they could be hurt by someone or something because of their irresponsible actions. Individuals discipline children and teach them how to develop from their mistakes. There is no distinction between a child and a puppy, they both need some positive guidance. The main distinction is a puppy is conceived with four legs, people are conceived with two; yet we ache for the same love and assurance. Animal abuse is becoming more severe nowadays compared to the past, due to the fact the federal government is legalizing

Suicide is a serious public health problem that occurs in all regions of the world. Epidemiological estimates hold that more than 800,000 suicide deaths occur worldwide annually and suicide was the second leading cause of death for individuals between the age of 15 and 29 years of age (WHO, 2014). In the United States, 41,149 suicides occurred and it was the 10th leading cause of death in 2013 (CDC, 2015). The age-adjusted death rates declined for eight other leading causes of death, including heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory diseases, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, influenza and pneumonia, as well as kidney disease from 2011 to 2012 in the United States. However, the rate of suicide rose two percentage points to

I would like to begin by defining the issue of the article by Patrick Nowell-Smith. The issue of his article is legalizing euthanasia and giving people a right to decide when and how to die.