Legal or not, who’d want to kill their own dog?Reader d responds to South Park Truck Driver Charged With Animal Cruelty Following DIY Pet Euthanization.”wow, it never used to be illegal to kill your own dog as long as it was done quickly like shooting them. why is it illegal now? only reason would be , the insane animals r human idiots. they have unfortunately proliferated in number, since no one lives on a farm anymore and has no clue of how the food chain or animal husbandry or any of it works.” “they believe the doctor or the state should do everything for them. people used to do a lot of things for themselves, including bury their own relatives in the family plot.This man did it wrong, but still, it is NOT right that a man should be in jail for anywhere close to a year for such a thing as this. Especially if he has a family to support.And it shouldn’t be illegal to euthanize your own animal,in a quick and humane manner, unless it is so large that it would cause a public health threat to say, bury it in the back yard.”