by SyntheticI agree that putting the dog in a shelter instead of putting a bullet in the dog's head will give the dog a slightly higher chance of survival.
That being said, most shelter animals are put to sleep if not adopted within a certain amount of time, and I'd imagine that sick animals have a higher chance of being euthanized sooner.
For the sake of discussion, what's the difference between putting a bullet in the dog's head and putting the dog in a shelter where it has a x% chance of being euthanized?
Is it that y% chance of its survival? You're absolved if your dice roll wins?
Could the alternative argument of giving the dog a peaceful and unknowing euthanization at home outweigh putting it into a sterile shelter environment where you know that it will most likely end up killed? Since the dog won't have any feelings of being abandoned?
Random moral question, I don't have an answer. Discuss it if you want.
You think like Turncoat. Hmm, maybe you are kindred spirits.