When I was a child my father brought me to the zoo. As we were passing the elephants I noticed they were being held by a rope tied to a spike in the ground. This rope was extremely thin, so thin that this massive animal could have broken free at any point in time. Out of curiosity I decided to ask the elephant keeper how this thin rope could hold back such a large animal. “Well”, he said, “when they were much younger and much smaller they were held by the same rope, so they are know conditioned to believe this same rope will hold them. So they never try to break free.” I was amazed, these animals could break free at any time but because they believed they couldn’t they were stuck right there. In the resent past euthanasia has been frowned upon but I believe it is necessary as long as it is properly regulated, the patient willfully decides, and that the resources saved from the euthanasia would go to another patient. Currently euthanasia as no regulations in the United States, since euthanasia will accrue either legally or illegally I believe it would be better to have a set of guide lines established. Currently with no guide lines there is a pressure set on patients to make a decision alone. This means they could attempt euthanasia themselves or with the help of a loved, causing even more bodily harm to themselves and mental harm to the loved one. If there was a formal procedure, this would mean the patient think about euthanasia would have a support system and a formal procedure to fallow make their final decision much easier and less painful for themselves and loved ones. As part of this formal procedure like in many other countries today, there would have had to be a physical and mental evaluation. Euthanasia only is allowed as a last resort to save the patient from suffering physically or mentally. Most people believe in the right of free will. I believe