I get that, I really do. But there have been times when an animal was on the brink of death, treated at length, and went on to live happily much longer than the length of "suffering." When the quality of life will never be good, the decision to end a life is not too hard. I struggle when there is a chance of full recovery on a young animal...... I have a rooster, Hershel, that got a string wrapped tightly around his leg and I didn't catch it until nerve damage was already done. I felt bad about it and let him live. He now has a curled foot, and an awkward gait, but he has not developed any sores on his foot (I check it often and he is quite tame because of it) and eats to the point of being chunky. He seems happy and will have a home with me as long as that is the case. I am not usually that sentimental over my birds, but every now and again, I succumb to my emotions.
What can I say?
I'm a girl........