A cat identified as “JAD4,” named Jade by PETA’s eyewitness, had seizures for nearly a month. These episodes left him briefly paralyzed. He was once seen on his side with all four legs twitching; at other times, his back legs were splayed out behind him and he dragged himself forward with his front legs. However, nothing was done for him during this time. When the decision was finally made to euthanize him, a veterinarian simply advised the workers to check to see if there was any need for Jade’s “body parts.”

D eath for Jade was slow and painful. A worker repeatedly tried to sedate him by injecting him in the hind leg as he struggled in another worker’s arms. Eventually, he was left to stumble and fall to the floor among other cats. Finally, a worker gave him a lethal injection in the heart , but when the needle was inserted into his chest, he jerked his head, indicating that he might have been conscious and experiencing pain. Another worker admitted that she had injected animals in the heart who were “less sedate than they could be.” She said, “I’ve had them where [their upper bodies were] lifting up and I was still able to” kill them this way.