sadly, many animals deteriorate during long shelter stays. Cats get super sick, and dogs go nuts. It's too much liability to adopt out a dog who is known to be aggressive or to have bitten anyone. Sadly we all tend to bond with the long time guests.

THIS.

It's the weirdest thing to be with an animal when it dies. Maybe none of my cats could ever really understand my emotional state anyway, but even so I felt that I had to become an expert in vet office poker face, so that the cats had no sense that anything was happening other than going to sleep in my lap (and maybe…

Thank you, Mark.

This was a hard read because our Great Dane passed away in the spring & it still hurts like a motherfucker. We struggled with what to do in regards to euthanasia but I'm grateful fate intervened before we had to pull the trigger. Indigo was the sweetest boy, with a heart as big as he was but he suffered from DM. It…

Why don't people think this is true of humans? I want to die by euthanasia, and I have no problem telling people about it. I have had this thought since I was about 15, which was bloody controversial then and landed me in two therapy sessions before the shrink was eventually like, "Hey, this kid's got a point."

Thank you - this is so true. They don't understand why they are suffering and they live for today - not tomorrow. In my opinion, it's better a week too early than a day too late. I waited a too long with one of my cats and I will never, ever hesitate to make that decision again. It is a gut wrenching one to make, but…

I've worked with animals my whole career and this is what I tell people who are struggling with whether to put an animal to sleep: It's a gift to offer euthanasia to our pets when they are suffering or have a poor quality of life. Pets are not capable of understanding why they are in pain, or why they must undergo a…

Of course, that would result in most pets never being adopted in the first place, and a whole lot of younger and healthier animals getting euthanized as a result.

From my point of view - better that I adopted my cat from the county shelter and gave him several years of a happy and healthy life. If I can't afford…

seriously. If your 2-4 year old actually is climbing on chairs and getting into high places you need to stop neglecting your kids. Yes, that means put down the glass of wine and supervise the little humans you didn't abort. For fucks sake, toddlers climbing on chairs and cabinet is not some cutesy norm.

I do NOT understand why we do not put blame on people who do harm to others. That judge and everyone involved in the willful on purpose MURDER of that young woman went on to live without ever having to think a single second of that. I don't understand why people continued to serve them in restaurants or why nobody…

I am not very much pro-choice. I am completely pro-choice. I don't think a woman should ever be forced to undergo a procedure that will likely kill her to safeguard a fetus. If it is out in the world, it is a child. If it is in a womb, it is a fetus. In my world view, woman will always trump fetus.

I hope he can't sleep at night knowing he's a murderer. I just can't.

I've tried to read the article twice and each time I have to stop because I feel like going into a screaming fit.

If you can't make it through the mental gymnastics it takes to figure out how to keep these away from your kids, you might consider buying a different product for a few years.

that is because sweet wine is foul

I'm not excusing this obviously huge mistake, but those sugary chain restaurant adult beverages contain barely any alcohol. Even the 2 year probably didn't get a buzz off of it.

Erm, lots of people have commented on how the focus should be on keeping non-violent people out of prison and giving them the community service option. But I want to point out that non-violent offenders (especially those who commit property crimes or are repeat offenders) cause a lot of damage to society. It's not all…

Yeah, and by focusing on getting women out of prison, it implies that either women are more innocent, or they're more childlike and can't handle prison.

Agreed. Non-violent offenders sentenced to short terms typically don't benefit from prison, and that goes for male offenders as well.