I am all for reducing animal euthanasia in shelters if the dogs and cats can be cared for humanely. And indeed, shelters appear to be moving in that direction. From a Madison County Record story about one such case:
The Madison County Pet Shelter has made strides in the last four months to become recognized as a no-kill shelter, dropping its euthanasia rate an estimated 78 percent since August.
Well, good for them. But isn’t it ironic that as we value the lives of animals to the point of raising them in importance to those of people, we are increasingly reducing the value of human lives by allowing euthanasia/assisted suicide–and continually expanding the categories of those who qualify to be medically killed.
Animals: Care not kill. Ill, disabled, despairing humans: Kill not care.
We live in very weird times.
Reprinted with permission from National Review Online.