Do you have a legal citation for that? I know a lot of people believe it to be true, but that doesn't make it so.
To point up only one major difference: I'm allowed to euthanise a pet I own as long as I do it humanely. I'm not aware that the state places any burden on me to prove that the euthanisation was "medically necessary" or "in the best interests of the animal" or anything of that sort. I don't have the same broad rights with regard to my children (unless I'm Belgian, that is).
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Date: 2014-05-01 04:24 pm (UTC)To point up only one major difference: I'm allowed to euthanise a pet I own as long as I do it humanely. I'm not aware that the state places any burden on me to prove that the euthanisation was "medically necessary" or "in the best interests of the animal" or anything of that sort. I don't have the same broad rights with regard to my children (unless I'm Belgian, that is).