According to this Newsweek article, PETA euthanized 17, 000 animals between 1998 and 2008.
About half of them alive, many will die or be euthanized after they are washed.
Statistically, older dogs are less likely to be rescued and more likely to be euthanized.
For many, the grief can be more acute when a pet has been euthanized.
"Millions of pets are surrendered to shelters each year and euthanized because their owners can't afford to feed them, " Mr. Okun said.
That cow was subsequently euthanized and tested negative for mad cow disease.
In 2008, Eight Belles snapped both front legs in the Kentucky Derby and was euthanized in front of a TV audience of millions.
"It's to prevent dogs from being surrendered to shelters or euthanized when their owners cannot afford care, " said Marlo Manning, who founded Fairy DogParents.
They also examined 10 dead California sea lions that had been healthy when they were euthanized to protect fish stocks in the Columbia River.
Tens of thousands of dogs are euthanized each year in Mexico if they are captured by animal control officers and not claimed within 72 hours.
Horses are often euthanized after serious leg injuries because circulation problems and deadly disease can arise if they are unable to distribute weight on all fours.
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti is investigating what he calls "credible" allegations that patients at Memorial Medical Center were euthanized in the frantic days following the storm.
One was a proposal he floated earlier this month to give 90 days of free pet food to people who adopt animals that would otherwise be in shelters or euthanized.
My friend William of Atlanta felt guilty at the very thought of having his dog, Jerome, euthanized -- even as he watched his faithful companion of 12 years endure a dramatic, two-year decline.
The surgeon who operated on him, you know, said before the operation that he rarely sees injuries this severe for the simple fact that horses this severely injured are usually euthanized on the track.
Analysis of the brains of the euthanized rats revealed decreased levels of Fos, a protein marker of neuronal activity, in the amygdala region of the brain while the olfactory signals appeared to block fear responses.
If market forces were allowed to follow their natural course, the moribund, rickety structure of mistakes, malinvestments, and misguided government planning would be euthanized, clearing the way for renewed vigorous and sustainable economic progress.
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Between 2 million and 2.5 million dogs enter U.S. shelters each year, and between 1 million and 2 million of those are euthanized, according to estimates from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
In the aftermath of Barbaro, who was euthanized in January 2007, eight months after breaking down in the Preakness, and with the advent of social media, racing fans have come to expect regular, detailed updates about injured racehorses.
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That appeal sits uneasily next to a number of negative perceptions about the sport, the most pernicious of which is caused by the horrific site of a horse breaking a leg on the racetrack and having to be euthanized.
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The first-year drama from David Milch and Michael Mann has already earned a second-season pickup, so production was underway on the second of 10 new episodes when a horse was injured and euthanized Tuesday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia.
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