When animals must be killed humanely on farm for disease control purposes or in an emergency situation, disposable pithing rods allow the slaughterman to adopt best practice.

Animals that are killed prior to usage, such as frogs used in a biology class, are also not included, so long as they are killed humanely.

The clinical arthritis score increased progressively in the saline-treated group and these mice were humanely killed at 6 weeks.

It's a bull's nature to fight, it's not a bull's nature to be humanely killed when it's not even ready.

According to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, nuisance animals caught in buildings should be humanely killed, not transported elsewhere and released.

The zoo's director said they were killed humanely.

The issue is whether they are killed humanely or not.

Advocates of kangatarianism also choose it because Australian kangaroos live natural lives, eat organic food, and are killed humanely.

Mud crab can be killed humanely by placing them in a freezer for up to two hours before cooking.

"We all die in the end, but we want the animals to be killed humanely," said Adele Douglass, the group's executive director.