Re: Prime example of why I hate other parents...


Chookie wrote:

And the animals were not euthanased, they were put down. Big difference.

Yes, I agree. I used to be a vet tech and we used the word "ethanized"
for every animal we killed - but we didn't kill on demand. It's
probably a habit in language I should change.

-L.

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