Hello. Please take our Pet Euthanasia Survey.
IMPORTANT NOTES: This survey has been painstakingly designed to capture the maximum information about procedures that can be extremely complex and variable. Please read carefully and completely this introduction, the definitions and each question pertaining to your experience so that your time investment is most efficient, pleasant and valuable. Thank you!
This survey is for people who were present for part or all of a euthanasia of their own pet, someone else's pet, or a found or rescued pet or animal. This survey is also for practitioners and their assistants.
Our intention is to use the information gathered to share anonymously with professionals, veterinary schools, drug companies, etc., in order to improve the overall pet euthanasia experience for pets, pet parents, veterinarians and vet techs. We specifically want to help to significantly reduce the painful, stressful, fearful and otherwise failed companion animal euthanasia incidents that are too frequently and needlessly occurring.
Each survey filled out and submitted applies to one euthanasia incident. If you have experienced more than one euthanasia incident, feel free to fill out and submit the survey more than once. Or you can just fill it out once, for your worst, most significant, most recent or most relevant experience. We are particularly interested in learning about failed euthanasia incidents to help prevent them happening in the future.
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DEFINITIONS:
EUTHANASIA; The practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. The word "euthanasia" comes straight out of the Greek -- "eu", good or well + "thanatos", death = the good death.
- MedicineNet.com
"IN VETERINARY MEDICINE, euthanasia means to end life painlessly." (From "Euthanasia and Thanatology in Small Animals", in the "Journal of Veterinary Behavior".)
COMPANION ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; the entire procedure, including every step, beginning with the administration of any sedative at home prior to the arrival of the practitioner for a home euthanasia or such administration prior to departure for the facility where it’s to be completed. Exception to this definition can occur in cases of emergency euthanasia or when client and practitioner agree that a euthanasia procedure is to consist of fewer steps, such as when they agree to attempt a direct intravenous lethal injection that is to be free of distress or pain without sedation.
PERFECT PET EUTHANASIA; A procedure that results in the intended death of any animal that served primarily as companion and is completely free of any sign of increase in any emotional or mental distress or physical pain that may have existed before the euthanasia began.
DYSTHANASIA; in veterinary medicine, a euthanasia attempt which causes distress and/or pain in addition to that which may have previously existed...a “bad death”. (dysthanasia; from the Greek: δυσ, dus; "bad, difficult" + θάνατος, thanatos; "death": from Wikipedia)
CAREGIVER; Provider of care such as feeding, watering, and medicating when an animal or pet is home or in its territory.
CLIENT; Person enlisting and/or purchasing veterinary services, including animal or pet euthanasia.
GUARDIAN; One who serves to protect an animal or pet from the many factors that can cause distress, illness, injury, death or pain.
OWNER; One who feeds and/or has paid most of the medical costs and/or has purchased and/or intentionally shelters a domestic or feral animal.
PET PARENT; One who looks after a pet animal of their own.
PATIENT; Animal or pet being cared for or treated.
PRACTITIONER; One who performs animal or pet euthanasia, hospice or medical treatment.
