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The smallest animal that can kill a human is the Naegleria fowleri amoeba. N. fowleri does this by crawling up the target's nose and eating the targets' brain. Most attacks happen in moist areas like ponds or lakes. [27] [28] In the middle is the blowfish (fugu) that can kill animals with its toxic organs that contain tetrodotoxin. [29]
Animal euthanasia (euthanasia from Greek: εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal humanely, most commonly with injectable drugs. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditions or diseases, [ 1 ] lack of resources to continue supporting the animal, or laboratory test procedures.
Theriocide – the act of killing an animal by a human (Ancient Greek: therion "wild animal, beast"). Vermicide – an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms. Virucide (also viricide) – an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses. Vulpicide (also vulpecide) – the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds.
To account for these cases, animal rescue organization Best Friends considers a shelter “no-kill” when it consistently euthanizes no more than 10% of all the animals that come in the door.
Individuals who have published animal cruelty content include Luka Magnotta, a Canadian murderer who uploaded YouTube videos of himself torturing and killing cats; [68] Rubén Marrero Pernas, a man in Cuba who was found to be raping, torturing then killing dogs and recording the acts online for an audience; [69] and Leighton Labute, a Canadian ...
The city’s Parks Department also pledged to increase overnight patrols in Sunset Cove Park, Broad Channel, where gruesome animal remains also have been found, Ariola’s office said.
Alexis Ferrell, 27, was arrested and charged back on Aug. 16 after distraught witnesses called 911 to report that they'd spotted her allegedly eating the feline in a neighborhood just outside Canton
The act of killing by removing a person's head, usually with an axe or other bladed instrument A much-favoured method of execution used around the world. Notable examples include the French Revolution via guillotine, and the Tudor times using an axe. Deleted Murdered Literary Defenestration: The act of killing by throwing a person out of a window