humanely destroy

Frequency: 4.01.5 per million words

to kill an animal without causing it pain

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Examples (10)

  • If an animal is suffering with no hope of recovery, it is kinder to humanely destroy it.
  • The stray dog was too ill to be treated and had to be humanely destroyed.
  • The vet recommended that we humanely destroy our beloved cat to end his pain.
  • Wildlife officials will humanely destroy the injured deer found by the roadside.
  • Our farm has a strict protocol to humanely destroy any livestock that is critically ill.
  • The practice of humanely destroying animals is a necessary but difficult part of veterinary medicine.
  • The law requires that all surplus laboratory animals are humanely destroyed.
  • After the accident, the farmer made the tough choice to humanely destroy the horse with the broken leg.
  • Is there a way to humanely destroy these invasive pests without harming the ecosystem?
  • The procedure to humanely destroy an animal is designed to be quick and painless.