Sentence examples for humane killings from inspiring English sources

PETA says its euthanasia figures reflect hundreds of humane killings, intended to end the suffering of animals who are -- in the words of a January press release -- "elderly, feral, sick, dying, aggressive, and otherwise unadoptable".

They might be, but that is not the point, unless there really is a lobby that would accept the humane killing of whales.

The onus is on the temple authorities and festival organisers to set up a slaughterhouse and ensure a humane killing of the animals.

In the 1960s, public indignation at the harvest of whitecoats brought strict regulations and tight governmental controls over harvesting activities, particularly with respect to humane killing and the enforcement of annual quotas.

The resolution cited a 2001 study by a team of veterinarians, which found that the hunt failed to comply with animal welfare standards, and that regulations on humane killing were neither respected nor enforced.

Florida has used other methods to manage the python population, notably encouraging the humane killing of pythons on private property and at 22 wildlife management areas, including Big Cypress.

Methods of "humane killing" are specified by the legislation and the respective guidelines.

Common criteria for humane killing are minimal pain, distress and discomfort for the animal and rapid and confirmed death.

"Halal slaughter is not incompatible with humane killing," he said.

Per definition, Baur states, "factory farming is the attitude that commodifies sentient life". "There is no such thing as humane killing," he continues.

Ethicist Bill Lynn, who supported the experimental humane killing of a few thousand barred owls to try to save endangered snowy owls, called this practice a "sad good".