Table 1.

Frequency table providing key demographic information for total number of respondents (n = 540) and a subset of respondents who made commented on low and no-contact euthanasia (n = 123) in a mixed methods survey on ethically challenging situations encountered by veterinarians, animal health technicians and veterinary nurses globally during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Demographic Parameter	Category	Number (Overall Responses, n = 540)	Number (Subset of Responses, n = 123)	Percentage (% Overall Responses)	Percentage (% Subset of Responses)
Gender	Female	434	110	80.4	89.4
	Male	102	12	18.9	9.8
	Other	4	1	0.7	0.8
Role	Veterinarian	423	98	78.3	79.7
	Veterinary nurse	97	21	18.0	17.1
	Animal health technician	11	2	2.0	1.6
	Other animal health professional	9	2	1.7	1.6
Caseload	Companion animal practice clinical	367	92	68.0	74.8
	Mixed animal practice clinical	38	10	7.0	8.1
	Academia/teaching	34	7	6.3	5.7
	Zoo and/or wildlife practice clinical	27	5	5.0	4.1
	Equine practice clinical	13	3	2.4	2.4
	Exotic/unusual pet practice clinical	12	3	2.2	2.4
	Practice management	13	2	2.4	1.6
	Non-government organisation	10	0	1.9	0
	Scientific research/laboratory animals	8	0	1.5	0
	Government	8	0	1.5	0
	Other	5	0	0.9	0
	Industry (e.g., pharmaceutical companies, food companies)	4	1	0.7	0.8
	No longer working as a veterinarian	1	0	0.2	0
Country	Australia	316	69	59.1	56.1
	United States of America	125	24	23.1	19.5
	Canada	26	11	4.8	8.9
	United Kingdom	25	7	4.6	5.7
	New Zealand	12	6	2.2	4.9
	Singapore	10	2	1.9	1.6
	Germany	6	3	1.1	2.4
	China	4	0	0.7	0
	Netherlands	3	1	0.6	0.8
	Other *	13	0	2.4	0

* Other included one respondent (0.2%) from each of the following countries: Austria, Belarus, Cambodia, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Lithuania, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, Zimbabwe. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding to one decimal place.