Putnam County Animal Control. HIGH KILL SHELTER - WILL BE PUT - TopicsExpress



          

Putnam County Animal Control. HIGH KILL SHELTER - WILL BE PUT DOWN ON THURSDAY IF NOT RESCUED. They are put down with a heart stick Intracardial injections, commonly know as heart sticks, is a rather inhumane way to euthanize an animal that is not comatose(or nearly comatose) or heavily sedated. A needle and syringe containing sodium pentobarbital is passed through the chest wall and severely layers of muscle into the heart. However on an animal that isnt sedated or comatose this is hard to do because the body is in constant motion. Its not uncommon for the person administering the injection to miss and accidentally punctures the lungs and causes them to fill up with fluid. This is a VERY painful way to die. In a shelter there is no reason for this to be done on an otherwise healthy dog. In a clinic however, it is often needed for dogs that need to be euthanized but have circulatory problems
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:50:42 +0000

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