*I am in favour of euthanasia for other animals, just as for humans.*

Ah Nick, but you are not out there in nature, giving animals that option. Those wild dogs will just keep ripping herbivores to bits,
due to lack of resources. Which is what it comes down to, really.

Every creature needs to make a living, or they go extinct. Some species make a living, by having been domesticated. Cattle and sheep for instance, would largely be extinct otherwise. So its all about
win-win situations really. My sheep win, they have a cushy lifestyle,
suffering is down to an absolute minimum. Fed through droughts,
treated for sickness, protected from predators.

Win-win is as good as you can get in life. Everyone benefits.

*I have seen many animals “protesting” and struggling to avoid slaughter*

Perhaps that is because you know far less about animals, then you
think that you do. I suggest that you read up a bit on Temple Grandin
and what she thinks. The meat industry has had to admit that even they don't know much about animals. So she advises them how to think
like a cow or a sheep. A cow or sheep will baulk at a plastic bag
in a race, or a piece of paper even. Poorly designed yards are
a major issue. Poor stockmanship is a major issue. But with things
like low stress stock handling, where people learn to see the
perspective of an animal, they will walk right up to the point of
slaughter without even a hesitation. Because they really are not
aware as to what comes next.

There's a good reason for that, Mr Pendergrast.

>>...as @Pericles has pointed out above, this conversation is going around in circles at this point.<<

It is because you refuse to engage in the discussion, basically through avoiding answering those questions that make you feel uncomfortable.

The last one I posed, which was a culmination of the "what is natural" angle, went as follows.

>>But Catnip and I were talking about what is "natural", as in "comes naturally to a human being". You obviously did not bother to read my response, which pointed out that eating meat is as natural a function of the human experience as eating vegetables. It is not an unnatural act. Slitting the throat of a puppy in front of a five-year-old, however, is an unnatural act, and was deemed so by the court.

Which of the above do you disagree with? That eating meat is a natural act? That eating vegetables is a natural act? That slitting the throat of a puppy in front of a five-year-old is an unnatural act?<<

If you are actually serious when you say...

>>If people want to carry on discussing this, I’ll reply<<

...start with an answer to these questions, then we can move on to the stuff about whether animals have views about the nature of their death.