Suicide Cases in the Suttas and the "authenticity"(early/late etc) of the texts

[Brenna]

Just for reference, this topic was somewhat discussed in this thread:

Reccomended suttas for death/1st precept/kamma/equanimity

Hi everyone, I was wondering if someone could direct me towards suttas pertaining to death, specifically dealing with points from my scenario below. It deals with an injured bird with a broken back so if you’re an animal lover it might cause some unpleasant imagery (warning for my fellow animal lovers): Today while i was outside i seen a severely injured bird on my lawn next to a tree. I love animals and it was rough to see, my immediate thought was to help it by putting it out of its “misery”…