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Purely speculation but drug companies a few years ago stopped shipping the chemicals for execution by lethal injection on moral grounds - vets may have been aff
by mewse-hn 5y ago
Purely speculation but drug companies a few years ago stopped shipping the chemicals for execution by lethal injection on moral grounds - vets may have been affected by that and had to resort to less effective substances
- hackbinary 5y agoPentobarbital, aka Euthasol, aka bluejuice, is a barbiturate and is what is commonly used for small animal euthanasia. Europe imposed strict export controls on it and other drugs in 2014, but I don't think vetinary supply has been affected. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16281016 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16281016 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenytoin/pentobarbital https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenytoin/pentobarbital