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Re:Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colo... by chris_wot on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:47PM (#23643401)
Gaining consent is voluntary euthanasia. You can have non-voluntary euthanasia. However, you are correct that this isn’t euthanasia but for a different reason - you euthanise something to put it out of unbearable suffering.

This is extermination, not euthanasia.

Re:Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colo... by jgwil2 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:28PM (#23643869)
It's pretty common to refer to destroying an aggressive dog, for example, as euthanasia. This is an analogous situation, particularly given that, as pointed out elsewhere, honeybees are domesticated animals. I think this could fall under euthanasia for behavioral problems.
Re:Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colo... by chris_wot on Thursday June 25, 2020 @07:36PM (#23647036)
I think that's a mistake in terminology. The dog is not suffering, others are suffering. Normally when I hear reports of dogs being killed due to aggression, the word I hear is "killed" or "destroyed".

I think it does actually matter. Killing because of aggressive behaviour is execution, not euthanasia.