SHORT SUMMARY: In this emotional interview, Dr. Jessica Pierce, esteemed teacher, author and bioethics expert, delves into the profound realm of animal and environmental bioethics, the ethics of death and dying in veterinary care, and the transformative power of unconditional love in increasing the health span of animals. The discussion touches on the ethics of euthanasia, the quality of life, and the importance of hospice care for animals, offering valuable insights into nurturing kinder and gentler lives for our beloved pets while reimagining the human-dog relationship through curiosity, care, and collaboration.
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Dr. Jessica Pierce
Teacher, Author
Dr. Jessica Pierce is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School. Her work has focused on animals and environmental sustainability and is a leading scholar in environmental bioethics. The author of 12 books, including Who’s A Good Dog? And How to Be a Better Human (forthcoming), The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the Ends of Their Lives, and Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets, Jessica is passionate about the possibilities for peaceful co-existence between humans and the many other forms of life with which we share the planet.
SPEAKER’S WEBSITE: https://www.jessicapierce.net/
Important talk! Thank you, Dr Pierce for your takes on Euthanasia.
Many pets don’t realize what it means and the responsability of the human family is to explain yo the animal and give him the choice, through a spoken conversation or throughout telepathic animal communication.
We are not living in nature,where an old or sick animal would be eaten by a predator or just die of starvation. Our parameters are completely different.
I find useful and wonderful to have animal hospices to help humans and animals with the end of their lives, but I worry,also, that that would take away the responsibility of the human family to go through, with their animal of the most important time in both lives, human and animal.
Going through old pet age teaches us how to go through our own life and face our own death.
Normally, I just guide my clients to create their own ritual and help them hear the animal’s voice and wishes.
Death is a sacred time and it should not have, in my opinion, loads of other people or chaplains around.
Thank you for this important talk.
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I love folks who call a spade, a spade! Well done, Jessica – and Thank you!