How often does a cat survive euthanasia?
It’s very, very rare. I’ve never heard of it happening with a cat before. But there was a story on CNN just last week — a dog named Quentin survived a gas chamber in Missouri. How could a cat possibly survive euthanasia? What probably happened with Phoenix is, he’s a big cat. He weighed 19 pounds then, and the vet at the shelter apparently didn’t inject him with a large enough euthanasia solution to stop his heart, so Phoenix just got high and went to sleep. Was the vet too busy to do it correctly? Maybe. Euthanasia is so routine, and it happens on such a mass scale. How many pets are euthanized in the United States? Millions. The Humane Society says that eight to 10 million cats and dogs enter shelters every year in the United States, and half, about four to five million, are euthanized. San Francisco euthanizes far less animals than other U.S. cities its size, though. We’re the role model for the whole country. (Petting Phoenix) He’s friendly. How old is Phoenix? Is there anything u
