# What does it cost to euthanize a cat?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236 "2011-11-17T16:12:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236/21 "2011-11-18T07:33:14Z")

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Some do it yourselfers [advocate helium hypoxia -How to euthanize old dog at home?](http://forum2.aimoo.com/computerhelp/categroy/Topic-1-804288.html#NickName_1811356)  
(see post 26)

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236/22 "2011-11-18T10:21:14Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> A .22 shell is less than a dime.
> 
> Just saying. 😃

Substitute a loved person for the cat, and see if you still think it’s funny. We don’t euthanize people, although one doctor in particular was doing it. If we euthanize loved pets, why can’t we euthanize people? But it’s not a joking matter.

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**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236/23 "2011-11-18T12:09:30Z")

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> [@barbitu8](#):
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> Substitute a loved person for the cat, and see if you still think it’s funny. We don’t euthanize people, although one doctor in particular was doing it. If we euthanize loved pets, why can’t we euthanize people? But it’s not a joking matter.

I cried when my feline best friend was killed when I was younger, but it doesn’t mean I can’t deal with the pain with a joke.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236/24 "2011-11-18T12:37:06Z")

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> [@Namkcalb](#):
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> I cried when my feline best friend was killed when I was younger, but it doesn’t mean I can’t deal with the pain with a joke.

That doesn’t give you the right to assume the same is true of anyone else.

“I was just joking! Geez, can’t you take a joke?” is often the refrain of perpetuators of passive-aggressive cruelty. It’s not a get-out-of-jail-free card for being a jerk.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-cost-to-euthanize-a-cat/603236/25 "2011-11-18T13:13:38Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> A .22 shell is less than a dime.
> 
> Just saying. 😃

> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Can’t take a joke? Then get a life.
> 
> There was a smilie on my post for a reason. The op’s question had already been answered. jokes are ok in GQ after serious answers are provided.

**Moderator Note**

**aceplace57**. Just because joke answers are allowed, it doesn’t mean that some joke answers are necessary.

Given the tone and subject of the thread, it would have been better to not post that.

**samclem** , Moderator

Closing the thread since it’s been answered and before it digresses further.

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