No. I don't know where you got that idea from, but it's nonsense. Vets are really no different than human doctors. They're trained to preserve life, not to take it- unless there is no other choice. Vets take a version of the Hippocratic Oath too, when they start their careers. And like human doctors, they too follow the edict "first, do no harm". I've been a horse and a dog owner for most of my life, and have personally known several vets with different specialties. Most of the ones I have known or know currently actually HATE putting animals down. It's something they prefer to avoid unless it's absolutely necessary, or if it's an emergency and there clearly is no other option for relieving an animal's pain or suffering. Otherwise, they prefer to treat the animal and make every effort they can to cure it.

Usually, no. Keep in mind that veterinarians do many different types of jobs; they are involved in research, education, food/meat safety, etc.

A typical small animal vet (someone who treats housed dogs and cats) does not have to euthanize animals very often. However, a veterinarian who works exclusively with a shelter/volunteer organization may have to euthanize animals more often due to budget constraints (cures and surgeries can cost 1,000's of dollars, which no one is willing to pay). Also, some veterinarians who work in emergency centers euthanize pets quite often because families can not afford the sudden expense of a life-saving operation. Or that the animal is dying anyway, so they euthanize them to make it less painful.

But, often at city "dog pounds" and animal control, they wont even bother to hire a veterinarian to euthanize an animal, I mean really anyone can do it.

In a shelter environment there is often more euthanasia than adoptions and medical procedures. This is often done by the vet techs. In some public access shelters (the 'pound') where animals cannot be refused, euthanasia is done daily. But in private practice, vets do a lot of well pet visits, spays/neuters, dentals, sick dogs and cats - and euthanasia is a last resort, and a small percentage of what vets do.

No. Consider a DVM takes nothing less than 4 years of animal medical schooling, just to see that trough takes dedication and a devotion.

Takes a strong will to help animals just to become an assistant. They don't want to see animals put down any more than their keepers do.

My vet went way beyond the call of duty just to help me learn how to hand raise a baby wild mouse and that cost me nothing.

probably not.

No.

Of course not. Being cynical, the longer an animal can be kept alive, the more 'income' the vet is likely to have, for starters. It does depend on the motivation of the vet, and for sure, when there is no more treatment available, he would advise euth. (which final agreement rests with the owner always) and would look on that as fixing an animal, to some degree. Most of the vets I've used (and some would be questionable!) were as upset as we were at having nothing more to offer at the end of our hounds' lives.

Generally speaking I'd say no - they probably do way more vaccination and neutering than euthanizing. It would be depressing to think otherwise.

first they drain you of all of the money you will spend, and after nothing helping, they tell you to put the animal down.

No.

With several pets over the years, each living to 15+ years, each had been seen by vets on many occasions but only one was euthanized rather than natural death.

That was due to incurable kidney disease that made it very ill and unable to survive.