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rtdunham
at Wed Feb 6 11:40:26 2013 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]
>> I still have to ask, what makes you think the frozen rodents you buy are killed humanely?
That's a fair question. I've been told by a couple frozen rodent vendors that their animals are gassed, sorry i can't be more specific but I recall the explanation, when I was given it, seeming far more humane than feeding live, whatever entertainment value that might have for some keepers.
It seems more humane than "whacking", a method I suspect everyone on this forum has used, and found it doesn't always immediately kill the animal. There's probably a reason executions in the US are usually conducted by lethal injection or gas (i might be using old history here) instead of taking the convicted criminal by the feet and swinging him around before crashing him into a stone wall. And if he remains partly conscious, rinse and repeat. Remember, the mice haven't committed any atrocity or affront to society.
Just my two cents...
And I noticed no one has responded to my question about using tiger salamanders as bait. A different scenario: You come across a rube in the woods, intent on killing a snake, but instead of cutting of its head he's cutting toward the head from the tail, one inch at a time. Does that strike you as grossly inappropriate? Might you intervene, and say, hey, fella, if you've gotta kill it, just do it as quickly as you can? I don't buy the analogy, but by one that's been offered here, it's "the nature" of humans to kill that which threatens their well-being (real or imagined). If that's true, do we care whether that instinct is acted upon in a way that prolongs an animal's suffering?
Y'know, on review: this doesn't warrant discussion: If you can minimize any animal's suffering, you should. That's really all that needs to be said.
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RE: Swallows food without killing first. - rtdunham, Wed Feb 6 11:40:26 2013
