Animal euthanasia
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Animal euthanasia is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress. Animal euthanasia is distinct from
Dying cat with arm shaved for injections
1912 press advertisement for "The Greener Killer", a firearm for euthanizing ponies and horses
Captive bolt gun
Lethal chamber in the Royal London Institute and Home for Lost and Starving Cats
Coup de grâce
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A coup de grâce is an act of mercy killing in which a mortally wounded person or animal is fatally struck with a melee weapon or shot with a projectile to kill them quickly and end their suffering, wi
Yell of Triumph, a painting by Alfred Jacob Miller depicting American Indian hunters gathering around a mortally wounded buffalo, and engaging in a victory shout before administering their coup de grâce to the animal with their bows and arrows.
After Jesuit priest Miguel Agustín Pro was shot by a firing squad in 1927, he was wounded, but still alive, so a soldier shot him point blank as a coup de grâce.