Retired vet. Whenever someone brought in a perfectly healthy animal to be put to sleep, I always encouraged it to be done privately in their absence. If they agreed, I secretly sent the animal to some friends who run a rehoming centre. Still charged for the "euthanasia".
@fesshole what kind of psycho asks for a decently healthy animal to be euthanised?
@dch82 @fesshole
The sort who drive out into the countryside and throw their pets out the car. 😑

@AlisonW @dch82 @fesshole we live in one of those rural, frequent "dump-off" areas, and currently have 2 adopted cats from the road. We also found one injured in the woods, and another rescued from drowning in the river. People are so mean to their critters!

If you need to have a pet put down, I feel like doing it yourself at least once can contribute to a proper perspective on the situation. Now I'll prefer to pay a vet for that.