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Anesthetizing the Public Conscience: Lethal Injection and Animal Euthanasia

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Apr. 29, 2008

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  • 023023

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  • 2008
  • 48 pages.

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ANNOTATION: The author argues that the unnecessary and inhumane use of pancuronium or similar paralyzing drugs for human lethal injections is illustrated by the ban on their use in the euthanasia of animals. This article is divided into five parts: the problem with curare, a neuromuscular blocking agent; the aesthetic-only procedure for animal euthanasia; state animal euthanasia laws -- a consensus against curate; legislative history -- familiar arguments against curariform drugs; and conclusion.
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