Not everyone lives in the city and has a vet living practically next door. Not only that but I have family that lives on an island that doesn't even have a gas station on it... vet not an option for them at 2 in the morning. On top of that people need to stop thinking in terms of pet. When you run a business with hundreds of animals around you, you do not get attatched there for its easier to make a quick decision to put the animal out of its misery when you know its too late for them to survive. I thinks it's nieve to think a vet is your only option. If it's your beloved pet and you would spend a years salary to make it better thats your perogative. People on farms make these decisions all day, an animal is sick and would cost you more then its worth to save you put it outa its misery. What if you bred a clutch of torts and half the babies hatched undeveloped and clearly were not gonna make it. Is a vet in order? I would use the freezer method.