[Altariel]

Thank you for confirming your willingness to dispatch an animal with a *non-mortal* wound.

I’m sure there are plenty of Obamacare enthusiasts who will be equally eager to get rid of wounded/sick “undesirables” who, would proper treatment, also would live.

We have to keep healthcare expenses down, you know.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Yes, if an animal is injured enough to warrant medical care, which no one can foot the bill for, then the simplest thing is to mercifully dispatch it. Unless you want another government program to patch up every injured stray they find, at our expense. You sound like you'd be happy with government funded universal veterinary care.

As for the rest of your argument, its apples and oranges. Animals are not people, and euthanizing stray animals cannot be compared in any way to the government forcibly euthanizing human beings.