Euthanasia and Laboratory Animal Welfare

Humane Killing and the Ethics of the Secular: Regulating the Death Penalty, Euthanasia, and Animal Slaughter

“…74 The legal regulation of animal euthanasia entered public discussion and regulation only in recent decades. 75 However, the regulation of euthanasia and the treatment of the dying patient, as we shall now see, date back to the late nineteenth century and conform to a similar logic of guaranteeing an ever more humane experience of dying. 76 Several years before Dr. Southwick led his campaign to reform the method of execution, Samuel D. Williams, an otherwise unknown English businessman, published the first modern proposal for medical euthanasia.…”

Animal Welfare

“…It is important to consider in discussions about laboratory animal welfare because a majority of laboratory animals are euthanized (Carbone, 2014). It is important to consider in discussions about laboratory animal welfare because a majority of laboratory animals are euthanized (Carbone, 2014).…”

“…It is important to consider in discussions about laboratory animal welfare because a majority of laboratory animals are euthanized (Carbone, 2014). Of the criteria for judging euthanasia methods, Carbone identifies the following as having the greatest impact on animal welfare: ability to induce loss of consciousness and death with a minimum of pain and distress; time required to induce loss of consciousness; reliability; irreversibility; compatibility with species, age, and health status; and ability to maintain equipment in proper working order (Carbone, 2014). Carbone has identified three key areas where animal welfare issues are related to euthanasia: "decisions about when and whether to euthanize an animal; potential animal pain and distress in the minutes to hours preceding the euthanasia process; and pain and distress of the euthanasia process itself" (Carbone, 2014).…”

“…Carbone has identified three key areas where animal welfare issues are related to euthanasia: "decisions about when and whether to euthanize an animal; potential animal pain and distress in the minutes to hours preceding the euthanasia process; and pain and distress of the euthanasia process itself" (Carbone, 2014). Those listed as acceptable with conditions are considered to be equivalent to those listed as acceptable when all criteria for their application have been met (Carbone, 2014). Different euthanasia methods score higher or lower than others in each of these criteria so one method may be the best in some circumstances but completely inappropriate Hickman and Swan (2010). in others.…”

“…Although philosophical debate exists about whether death is, in fact, a harm to animals and if they have insufficient cognition and self-awareness of their future (Cigman, 1989;Regan, 1989;DeGrazia, 1996;Kaldewaig, 2008;Harman, 2011;Carbone, 2014), reuse or rehoming should be a considered as an alternative to euthanasia where practical and legal (Carbone, 2014).…”