Man fined for drowning squirrel

[High Scale]

Do you know how rat poison works?

 

I do, Ive seen a puppy poisoned with rat poison.

[Mick Stockbridge]

Do you know how rat poison works?

 

Of course I bloody do and I wouldn't use that either.

[Johny Walker]

had it been a native red i would have been conserned,but as it was a vermin import ,best thing that could have happened to it !!

[Mick Stockbridge]

had it been a native red i would have been conserned,but as it was a vermin import ,best thing that could have happened to it !!

 

Oh shut up ffs.

 

It's an animal and drowning aint the right way.

[Kev Stephenson]

They suggest taking it to the vet for a humain injection. They seem to forget it is illegal to transport greys so I don't know how you get it to the vets.

 

I think it would have suffered the same if the man in question blundered whacking it on the head or didn't know what to do with an air rifle for example. He knew he had to kill it by law so did what he thought was best.

[skyhuck]

Of course I bloody do and I wouldn't use that either.

 

That was my alternative, so I went for what I felt was more humane.

 

And as I said in my post, I watched to see if it went frantic or showed any other signs of distress and it did not.

 

I would take no pleasure from any creature suffering.

[High Scale]

“…observing the hypocrites as they would mingle with the good ...

 

Pigs are usually slaughtered after 4-7 months. Pigs intended for pork are usually slaughtered 1-2 months younger than pigs for bacon. Over 9.5 million pigs (9,503,900) were slaughtered in the UK in 2009, (9,426,800 in 2008)(1). Pigs are stunned first then killed by being shackled and hoisted before having the blood vessels in their throat slit (sticking). The animal dies by being bled to death. Pigs are usually stunned electrically whereby an electric current is applied by means of two electrodes in the form of tongs. These are placed on either side of the brain, usually either side of the neck behind the ears so that sufficient current is passed through it. The current should induce a state of immediate epilepsy (electroplectic shock) in the brain, during which time the animal is unconscious(8).

 

A survey of pig slaughtering procedures was carried out in the UK by Anil and McKinstry in 1993, Bristol University (9). The factors affecting slaughter included the placement of tongs on the animal, the average current strength passed through the animal’s brain and also the length of time that the tongs are in place for. The survey showed that a significant percentage of the tong applications observed in the traditional stunning pen did not span the brain. This would result in animals not being stunned adequately and also lead to many pigs regaining consciousness during bleeding out or even before throat-slitting. Some pigs may be re-stunned due to the initial stunning failure and to suppress the spontaneous kicking to aid the hoisting and shackling of the animals. This also reduces the interval of the stunning-to-sticking and helps prevent the incidence of inadequate sticking as it is more difficult to stick a kicking/convulsing animal.

[skyhuck]

They suggest taking it to the vet for a humain injection. They seem to forget it is illegal to transport greys so I don't know how you get it to the vets.

 

I think it would have suffered the same if the man in question blundered whacking it on the head or didn't know what to do with an air rifle for example. He knew he had to kill it by law so did what he thought was best.

 

[Mick Stockbridge]

He knew he had to kill it by law so did what he thought was best.

 

 

BS. He just didn't know how to kill an animal.

[Mark Bolam]

I'm with Mick and Carl here 100%.

 

Drowning is cruel and unnecessary.

 

High powered air rifle/pistol shot to the brain is the answer.

 

If you don't have the means for humane dispatch, you shouldn't be trapping them.

 

Just because they are vermin doesn't excuse any kind of suffering.