remember 'Ol Yellow?

On my list of "Seen Once Never Want To See Again" movies along with =
Beautiful Joe, The Biscuit Eater, Where the Red Fern Grows, Bambi, and =
The Yearling. All great movies...once....I have unfortunately been on =
the other side of the killing needle and putting down someone's pet is a =
hard thing to do. We keep animals alive long past when they would have =
naturally succumbed in the wild and sometimes prolong their agony by our =
good intentions. Coming to mind are such actions as attaching a wagon =
to the rear end of a dog so he can move his paralyzed back end =
around....or have you ever watched a dog with degenerative hip dysplacia =
gradually lose control of his back end only to go through surgery after =
surgery to replace what wasn't there in the first place? The difference =
between lower animals and ourselves is that we know why pain exists. We =
can choose. An animal in the wild will gnaw off its' own limb if in =
that much pain and then will die of the infection. Animals cannot =
choose suicide...they just become so weak they become a part of the food =
chain for others. Making an animal that is a pet go through pain like =
that is unkind and unnatural.

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