I don't want to turn this thread into an argument but the article makes me sick at heart. Of course we don't have every detail. That said, I hope that the friend who was left in charge of Bella tries everything else within the realms of possibility before having a healthy animal killed. Sadly I too have heard of this sort of instruction being put in a will. There is the route of specifying that one's pet be taken to a well-reputed no-kill shelter for the rest of pet's natural life, and if possible leaving the shelter as large a donation as possible. In my area there is such a shelter and this is a more common request than I would have thought and it is adhered to. Where I once worked a woman had her healthy cat killed because her new condo didn't allow pets and she felt her cat didn't have a friendly personality to be re-homed. I never spoke to her again, not that it mattered, and a vet who would honour this request equally disgusts me. OK, rant over and blessings for a decent outcome for Bella.