Are they doing better than advances in human medicine?
Human burns are hard enough to treat. What makes it any better for animals? They feel pain and pain killers are limited in what they can do for it. Not to mention that the amount of fur on their skin is going to complicate treatment and recovery and increase risk of infection. Do they not still have to scrub out the burn daily like they do with people, which causes them to scream in pain?
IMO, the only reason not to put down a *being* that has been that badly injured is because the being is human and killing a human is murder. The kitten is still just an animal, regardless of how attached people become to them, and inflicting that much more suffering on it in the name of *saving* it, if that can even be done, is unconscionable, in my book.
All that time and effort could be donated to other worthy veterinary causes.
I don’t know. I’ll defer to the vets on this one. My experience with vets is that they love animals. I’ve had cats all my life and the vets I use truly care about the animals they treat and I don’t think most vets would let an animal they were trying to save truly suffer.
As far as the idea that these efforts to save this kitten could be better spent elsewhere, IMHO, it's their time and money and they can spend it how they wish.
Also, I'm sure they would put Adam down if he had no chance of a good quality life or was suffering so badly. Just like they do with all other animals.