A dear friend recently had to take her 18 yr old cat to an emergency clinic in Lynchburg, Va to have his suffering ended. Only the suffering didn't end. The clinic does not sedate animals before putting them down because it isn't required and she was told his passing would be peaceful. It was anything but peaceful and she is still having nightmares as a result. I thought all clinics sedated their animals so I was shocked to find out that they don't. Please change the regulations so that no one else needs to go through what she and her pet went through.