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The California End of Life Option Act was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on October 5, 2015, with Brown taking the unusual step of releasing a personal statement in which he indicated his dilemma regarding the consideration of the ethical issues involved and that he felt unable to deny the right of choice to others. [2] [12]
Involuntary euthanasia is widely opposed and is regarded as a crime in all legal jurisdictions, although it has been legal in the past in some jurisdictions, notably Nazi Germany. Reference to it or fear of it is sometimes used as a reason for not changing laws relating to voluntary euthanasia.
Supporters of the bill claim that legislative action is needed, because about 400,000 animals are euthanized (killed) in California's shelters each year, [19] that animal shelter services cost California taxpayers $250 million a year, [20] that a dog born in California currently has nearly a 1 in 4 chance of being ultimately euthanized in a ...
Despite spending $50 million to search for alternatives to animal euthanasia, California is killing more dogs and cats now than when the money was first allotted. Gavin Newsom spent $50 million to ...
Thousands of animals facing euthanasia in overcrowded California shelters may soon be getting help. This week a proposed bill that would require shelters to give 72-hours advance notice before an ...
With more dogs staying in shelters, that means transfers from kill shelters decreased and dogs who were lost, died or euthanized in care rose 85% since 2021.
Involuntary euthanasia is illegal in all 50 states of the United States. [1] Assisted suicide is legal in 10 jurisdictions in the US: Washington, D.C. [2] and the states of California, Colorado, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico, Maine, [3] New Jersey, [4] Hawaii, and Washington. [5]
In 2004, the first lawsuit filed under the Hayden Act, Petitioner Patricia Lock, represented by California attorney, and Animal Rights and Hayden Act expert, Kate Neiswender, sought an injunction prohibiting Kern County, California from violating the act by euthanizing companion animals prior to the expiration of the holding period and engaging in other prohibited conduct.