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    Animal Welfare Bien-étre des animaux Perpetration-induced traumatic stress — A risk for veterinarians involved in the destruction of healthy animals Terry L. Whiting, Colleen R, Mation A 1 article in this issie of the Journal (Whiting ee al) describes operational logistics of mass killing of healehy, to market, pigles. Our animal welfare team in Manicoba have, on a regular occasion, also experienced the need co deliver mass killing of large numbers of severely starved livestock and euthanasia to large eumbers of companion animals, primar- ily unsocilized cats in hoarding situations (1). The killing af domestic animals isan unpleasant expetience and recognized a8 a moral issue (2). An accumulated body of research demonsirsresrhat psycho social health and the risk of suicide vaties between occupational roups. The delivery of euthanasia and che negative effect is may have on the mental healeh of veterinarians and staff delivering humane killing has been a concern for many years (3,4), Recently, ewo rigorous systematic reviews on prevalence OF suicide in veterinarians (5) and the prevalence of non-fatal suicidal behavior in veterinarians (6) have been published. The berter quality research indicates thae in the UK, the rate of suicide in che veterinary profession is atleast three times the general population rae (5). Some studies suggest that young female veterinarians ate atthe greatest risk of negative mencal health outcomes such as suicidal ideation, other mental health cliffculcies, and job dissatisfaction (6). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has entered the lexie con of the average North American citizen since che Vietnam war. A new variant, *Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Seress (PITS)” entered the scientific liverature in 2002 when ie was

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