Mississippi woman 43 (veterinarian) kills two cops - update...not suicide, killed by return fire

[Ms. Toad]

15. Yes.

The rate of suicide in the veterinary profession has been pegged as close to twice that of the dental profession, more than twice that of the medical profession (2), and 4 times the rate in the general population (3).

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4266064/#:~:text=The%20rate%20of%20suicide%20in,the%20general%20population%20(3).

We let one of our cats die at home because, at the time, the vet had had an unusually high numer of euthanasias and couldn't handle another. (Our cat died snuggling on my chest, after waiting for me to come home from work. As near as we could tell she was not in pain - had she been, we would have taken her to the vet.) The vet also came to our house to euthanize a second one. He was clearly preparing to die (hiding from us in small dark places, he'd stopped eating and drinking). We took him outside, his favorite place to be even though he wasn't allowed, and he perked up. It took all the vet assistant could to do convince the vet he was ready to go. (He had liver failure and was extremely jaundiced - there's no cure for liver failure.)

Imagine going into a profession because you love animals - and then you have to spend a significant amount of your time euthanizing animals - sometimes ones who aren't ready to die but have become inconvenient for their owners (poor toileting habits, unruly, etc.).