The conclusion of a study almost always means euthanasia (from the Greek for “easy death”) for animals in research. As with all phases of research, there are moral, regulatory, and scientific ...

If you walk out a back door at the Jefferson City Animal Shelter (JCAS) on Hyde Park Road, you'll see a big furnace for animal cremation and an industrial-sized freezer. What one may not notice is a ...

The AVMA guidelines for euthanasia state that gunshot is a conditionally acceptable method for euthanasia and should be performed by “highly skilled personnel” 1. Although successful completion of a ...

Washington, DC—As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is urging the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to revise its guidelines to no longer permit killing ...

In an attempt to combat media reports about a federal complaint against Charlestown, Ind.'s Wildlife in Need refuge, owner Tim Stark posted a video citing American Veterinary Medical Association rules ...

"The term euthanasia literally means good death," said Vetcare's Dr. Kevin Reed. Guidelines in the American Veterinary Medical Association detail acceptable and non acceptable ways to euthanize ...

Below are helpful resources from various animal welfare oversight bodies. It is advised that PIs familiarize themselves with these resources prior to submitting protocols to the IACUC to ensure ...

When it comes to the law, words like “humanely” and “geriatric” are loadedso loaded that North Carolina’s proposed euthanasia rules have become snagged in semantics, languishing for more than a year.

The S.C. Law Enforcement Division is investigating allegations of criminal misconduct involving a euthanasia method used by Cherokee County animal control officers. The S.C. Attorney General's Office ...