Why CO2 isn't recommended for eutanasia

[lofistos345]

This is a guide for dog and cat euthanasia. It doesn't recommend either CO or Nitrogen saying it causes distress

https://caninerabiesblueprint.org/IMG/pdf/Link72_Euthanasia_WSPA.pdf

 

[newave3]

How about putting us suicidal humans down with the same care and easing of pain and distress that we give our pets.

 

[SweetDreams500]

CO2 is nasty.

 

[azazel_djinn]

I read that CO2 triggers suffocation feeling. Losing oxygen only make you feel dizzy til you die. So when you seal yourself in a glass room, it's the CO2 you exhail that causes the painful feeling, not the lack of oxygen.

 

[LansJ70]

I take it you mean CO, not CO2?

Your body is full of receptors that can detect CO2 build up, and it triggers your flight or fight mechanism, it's called the hypercapnic alarm response - and it basically creates feelings of terror.

CO or Nitrogen both avoid this, I suppose nitrogen or other inert gas is best, since your body can't detect it at all and it is painless.

As proven in many studies.