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.
animal shelters try their best not to put animals down due to overcrowding. I have never heard of any shelter putting animals down for this reason, if they have too many they put good home wanted notices in papers and the internet. But, Depending where you are....They do put them down alot due to overcrowding.......Where i live,They put alot down each week.....I have to agree of what they should do....Put notices up...But most shelters just put them down...Its really truly sad :(
yes
Most dogs are put down humanely with euthanasia. When your veterinarian gives your dog (or any other animal) euthanasia they give the animal a standard injection which is like a vaccine which causes the animals heat to stop painlessly. Euthanasia is the most humane gift you can give your animal when their time has come. Also when people don't have enough money or they live in a poor country they might decide to shoot the animal.
Euthanasia
aproximately 1,654,545,000,000, animals a year die from animal cruelty
Animal Hospitals try all they can to help the animals. If they can't help the animal they have to put it down if it is very serious.
no, most animals are put down because of bad health
put litter or cut down trees
2 weeks
Yes otherwise you are just killing animals... animal brutality is illegal.
no it can not be consider murder but it is animal abuse if the animal did not die of natural causes or was not put down by a licensed veterinarian.
It is called a no-kill shelter