A Butter Way: Researchers develop a humane and environmentally safe method for euthanizing stranded whales

摘要

For most veterinarians, the only thing worse than euthanizing a dying animal is lacking the means of ending its suffering in a humane and timely manner. Such is the dilemma sometimes confronting volunteer response teams dispatched to aid whales stranded along the coastal United States."It really takes only one live whale stranding experience to be gripped by the magnitude of the challenges and need for humane and environmentally responsible options,"explained Dr. Craig Harms, an associate professor of aquatic, wildlife, and zoologicalmedicine at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.A newly developed technique offers a humane alternative.