When a racing horse has to be euthanized are they giving a injection or shot with a gun?

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Answer 1

It depends on if it was in a race or during training.  Typically they screen the horse from the crowd and use an injection if it was during a race but some tracks use the gun shot method.  I think the injection is more humane...but that is just my opinion.

Answer 2

Obviously, if someone calls a private, professional vet to euthanize, it will automatically be a injection/medical shot. It is not painful. It is just like a regular shot. It is like going to sleep (forever) for them. So like a breeze. The only time a horse, or more so any animal, will be put down is if it is on their own farm or they do it themselves.

Answer 3

It is still legal to euthanize horses by gunshot and, if done properly, death is instant, totally painless, and absolutely humane. And by "properly" I mean a gunshot to the head at the center point of an imaginary X between the horse's ears and eyes. Proper placement of the gunshot is essential to destroy the brain and minimize suffering. But the veterinary method is used at race tracks and is by an overdose injection of the pentobarbital barbiturate, usually in combination with phenytoin to dampen brain activity and seizure during death. The veterinary method is also totally painless and absolutely humane and is the preferred method when possible.

Answer 4

By injection. In my opinion it would be cruel and unusual punishment for the horse to die by gun shot. Plus, it would be unsanitary (reminds me of the lady in the movie Nim's Island) and the wound would probably bleed.

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Answer 5

INJECTION

Answer 6

it depends on the circumstances and the owners choice

Answer 7

A needle, of course. Duh.

Answer 8

When horses are euthanized they are given an injection. It is  swift and painless.