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This is the situation in a nut-shell.
IMO there are two acceptable ways to try and kill feral animals (any type) you chance upon.
1. Quick and clean shot.
2. With your bare hands. No protective clothing or gloves allowed.;)
Cage trapping and gassing isn't in that list, because it's a completely different situation. If you are organised enough to trap them, then you should have a clean dispatch method already sorted.
Newhue
Can I ask why because we are asking for a clean and quick death that we are labelled bleeding hearts and greenies?
Or were you not referring to the membership.
Dullbird unfortunately people that care for nature are labelled bleeding hearts, greenies or ferals :mad:
I just wonder some times if that is a reflection of selfishness of those that try to discredit the people that respect nature because they felt that their life style is threatened by our voice :(
Are these people also approve when a dog or horse it is tortured by their owners?
Yes, foxes, cats, cane toads and other introduced fauna have to be controlled but in an ethical way.
Because we don't do things like drown animals, we're not getting the job done and are bleeding heart greenies?
Here's what my action does: It places a 5.56mm projectile in the head/heart of what I'm shooting. This leads to death, death, and more death.
I accept the difficulties of traveling with a firearm, or even obtaining one for that matter, but you can still be humane about killing an animal without a firearm. Hi-lift jack or a sharp blow with a shovel does the job.
Have humans only become "humane" / ethical in the last generation.
When I was a kid we used to put down traps for rabbits, as far as I know this was a normal thing for anyone to be doing and perfectly acceptable in society. The rabbit would stand on the trigger plate and steel jaws clamp onto the rabbits leg, where it would be trapped until I came back later and wrung its neck.
Also it was common practice to put a litter of kittens in a bag & into a drum of water to kill them.
Only sick or derainged individuals would actually enjoy torturing or un-necessarily prolonging the death of an animal and I'm slightly bemused that some people in this debate are being looked upon that way.
The latest out cry from Animal Libbers is Farmers can now be fined for allowing their dogs to bite sheep or cattle during mustering. Heaven forbid. Whats the world coming to. Next thing mouse traps & fly spray will be banned.
I certainly do not envy the next generation of Namby Pambys .
Explain to me how this:
Is any different to this?
I'm a little confused...
As for this...
That's a load of crap from stupid greeny nobs who think mulesing is a bad thing.
No Namby Pamby here, I don't have any qualms about eradicating feral cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, pigs, etc.
I just prefer the most efficient method of sending them to their maker.
FYI Rabbit Traps were banned in the 1980's
yes Muppet, I can just see you taking out 9 little kittens with your Ruger Mini-14
thats more sick than dropping them in a bucket of water