Editing Animal euthanasia (section)

== Remains ==
Many pet owners choose to have their pets cremated or buried after the pet is euthanized,<ref>{{cite web | last = Allen | first = Moira Anderson | year = 2002 | title = The Final Farewell: How to Handle a Pet's Remains | work = Pet Loss Support Page | url = http://pet-loss.net/funeral.shtml | access-date =9 June 2010 }}</ref> and there are pet [[funeral home]]s that specialize in animal burial or cremation.<ref>{{cite web | last = Porstner | first = Donna| date = 15 April 2004 | title = Pet funeral home offers services for grieving owners | work = The Boston Globe | url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2004/04/15/pet_funeral_home_offers_services_for_grieving_owners?mode=PF | access-date =9 June 2010 }}</ref> Otherwise, the animal facility will often freeze the body and subsequently send it to the local landfill.<ref>{{cite web | date=21 February 2011 | title=What Do Animal Shelters Do with the Bodies of Dead Pets? | work=Knoji: Consumer Knowledge | url=http://animal-welfare-volunteering.knoji.com/what-do-animal-shelters-do-with-the-bodies-of-dead-pets/ | access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref>

In some instances, animals euthanized at shelters or [[Animal control officer|animal control]] agencies have been sent to meat [[rendering (food processing)|rendering]] facilities<ref>{{cite web | last = Becker | first = Geoffrey S. | date = 17 March 2004 | title = Animal Rendering: Economics and Policy | work = The National Agricultural Law Centre: Congressional Research Service Reports | url = http://www.nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS21771.pdf | access-date = 9 June 2010 | archive-date = 17 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180217111231/http://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/crs/RS21771.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Smith | first = Van | date = 3 November 1998 | title = Rendering Unto Oprah | work = [[Baltimore City Paper]] | url = http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3727 | access-date = 9 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041101080711/http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3727 | archive-date = 1 November 2004 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Chapter 9, Food and Agricultural Industries | work = Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors  | url = http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/ch09/final/c9s05-3.pdf | access-date =9 June 2010 }}</ref> to be processed for use in [[cosmetics]], [[fertilizer]], [[gelatin]], [[fodder|poultry feed]], [[pharmaceuticals]] and [[pet food]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Simon | first = Stephanie | date = 27 January 2002  | title = Pet Food Report Leads to Pile-Up at Animal Shelters – Rendering Plant Stops Taking Carcasses | newspaper =[[The Washington Post]] | page = A14 }}</ref> It was proposed that the presence of [[pentobarbital]] in dog food may have caused dogs to become less responsive to the drug when being euthanized.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Myers | first = Michael | year = 2004 | title = CVM Scientists Develop PCR Test to Determine Source of Animal Products in Feed, Pet Food | journal = FDA Veterinarian Newsletter | volume = XIX | issue = 1 | url = https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/FDAVeterinarianNewsletter/ucm093929.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090712125648/http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/FDAVeterinarianNewsletter/ucm093929.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 July 2009 | access-date =8 June 2010 }}</ref> However, a 2002 FDA study found no dog or cat DNA in the foods they tested, so it was theorized that the drug found in dog food came from euthanized cattle and horses. Furthermore, the level of the drug found in pet food was safe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report on the risk from pentobarbital in dog food|url=https://www.fda.gov/cvm/FOI/DFreport.htm|work=US Food and Drug Administration|access-date=9 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430142434/https://www.fda.gov/cvm/FOI/DFreport.htm|archive-date=30 April 2008|date=28 February 2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Entis |first=Phyllis |date=2019-05-01 |title=JBS knowingly distributed products containing euthanasia drug |url=https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/05/jbs-knowingly-distributed-pentobarbital-adulterated-products-to-customers/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Food Safety News |language=en-US}}</ref>