By definition, ill and injured animals are on the negative valence of animal welfare. For beef
cattle kept in feedlot settings, advances in cattle health management have resulted in a …

Simple Summary Veterinarians are commonly required to euthanise dogs in the course of
their work. The way euthanasia is performed can impact the welfare of dogs, the wellbeing of …

Aims To collect data on protocols used by New Zealand veterinarians to perform euthanasia
of dogs and cats, and to explore opinions towards the training they received in euthanasia …

Simple Summary This study was designed to determine how veterinarians define a good
euthanasia experience. Our study included an online survey completed by 249 veterinarians …

Simple Summary Veterinarians are frequently called upon to euthanise cats. As the way in
which euthanasia is performed can impact the welfare of cats, we sought to describe the …

Little is known about how pet owners make end-of-life (EoL) decisions regarding their pets.
We analyzed data from 1542 pet owners from North America and Europe that had made EoL …

Veterinary team members encounter a wide range of ethically challenging situations (ECS)
in their work. Inability to resolve ECS in accordance with their values may negatively impact …

Caring for wildlife casualties is a common aspect of animal-protection work. The range of
care options of wildlife in Finland vary from professional zoos to voluntary members of the …

Simple Summary (1) This study focuses on the ethical challenges veterinarians face when
euthanizing animals, the act of ending an animal's life to relieve its suffering. Unlike other …

Simple Summary Veterinarians are animal health experts. More recently, explicit references
to veterinarians as animal welfare experts have proliferated. Veterinarians are ideally …