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Most animal to be put down?

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Different animals are put down in different ways. For example a horse - if in alot of pain - would be put down by a shot in the head. But something like a hamster would be given a medicine to calm it down then they would pierce its heart with a needle and add some kind of medicine to kill it I'm guessing - so it varys on the size and how quickly they need to be put down. But mostly it's medicine that does the job. Poor things.

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There are a variety of ways animals can be killed. Most hunters choose a head shot or a heart shot as a quick way to bring an animal down. In commercial slaughter facilities, the animals are quickly stunned through one of several methods (so they can't feel any pain or distress) then have the arteries and veins of the neck cut open so they die of blood loss. Veterinarians will provide euthanasia, generally through injection of a lethal dose of barbituates.

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In the United States, most veterinarians use one of several common euthanasia solutions marketed by veterinary pharmaceutical companies. The primary ingredient is pentobarbital, a barbituate that is fatal in high doses. The solution is injected into a vein and the animal dies rapidly and painlessly.

After the brain shuts down and the animal is dead, there may be some residual muscle tone and activity. These can include muscle twitches ranging in size from a single cheek muscle tic to entire limbs appearing to kick or thrash, urination, defecation or a "last gasp" breath. These are not signs of consciousness and do not indicate the animal is feeling anything.

The veterinarian will carefully listen to the heart sounds and when the heart stops beating will pronounce the animal as dead.

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the most animals to be put down are dogs. it happens all the time. i might even have to put my dog down. i have a friend that had to put her dog down. it's common.

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If they r in pain it sometime better to do this

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Usually, the animal is given a lethal dose of anesthetic so that it just goes to sleep and stops breathing.

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Become a veterinarian.

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