My how times have changed. During the Depression, this kind of thing was common place. My grandfather told me stories of too many mouths to feed and sacks of kittens going into the pond, or even puppies. My dad too, growing up the son of a poor coal miner in PA. I knew old farmers who would just shoot them. Not saying what they did was right, but they certainly weren’t criminal. In second and third world countries, where people don’t have the luxuries to make the choices we do, this continues to be a common practice— so this is definitely a first world problem. What about the farmer who shoots a weak calf (runt) or chicken with deformed foot? Ultimately animals are either property to do with as we see best, or they have rights— and be assured that this can only lead to them being given the same privileges as people, I don’t see how you can have it both ways. I love my animals very much, and spoil them rotten; even my crippled duck who must be hand fed antibiotics every day and carried to his feeding area. But I believe that people have the right to do what they wish with their property and that there are no animal rights to protect under the law, they are property not people. Flame away, you won’t change my mind.
Heard the same thing from parents and grandparents.
One can make the argument that shooting a deformed calf is a humane way of putting it down. Even braining it with a club is more humane.
Tying a cinderblock around its neck, throwing it in the water and watching it thrash around for a long period of time isn’t a humane thing to do. It is downright stupid.
It doesn’t have anything to do with “animal rights” and giving animals “the same rights as humans”. It has to do with cruelty.
my mom told me many stories about my Gma drowning kittens at birth. Rural France WW II.
I LOVE all my pets, but if i had to shoot 1 to save my children, there would be no hesitation.
This guy should have just shot the dog. What he did was cruel.
I grew up with similar stories. I have to say that I thought this was standard operating procedure for a long time. It's not something I would have done in my life, but I just assumed that people around the country did it as a matter of expediency.