Euthanasia is intended to end a pet’s life in a way that “minimizes pain, distress and anxiety experienced by the animal before loss of consciousness,” according to the Merck Veterinary Manual.

Euthanasia is popularly taken to mean the practice of assisting severely ill people to die, either at their request or by taking the decision to withdraw life support. In English law, positive or ...

Moreira has become the public face of Chile’s decade-long debate over euthanasia and assisted dying, a bill that the left-wing government of President Gabriel Boric has pledged to address in his ...

Deliberate euthanasia would normally leave anyone assisting liable for murder, though liability can be reduced to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility. Within English law, a ...