Animal euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress. In domesticated animals, this process is commonly referred to by the euphemisms "lay down," "put down," "put to sleep," "destroyed", "put out of its/his/her misery," or "sent away to the farm." Pets are almost always euthanized by intravenous injection, typically a very high dose of a barbiturate such as pentobarbital. Unconsciousness, respiratory then cardiac arrest follow rapidly, usually within 30 seconds.

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