I've always found opossums to be particularly repulsive. Like great big bloated rats with bad attitudes. Ick.
I had the impression the writer was looking in the mirror when he had that train of thought.
I used to hunt but no longer do due to health reasons. In fact, I gave all my hunting guns, cabinet & supplies to a (then) 10 year old boy who loves the sport. Of course, his dad has control.
As to killing humanely, I think that's a misguided impression that comes from the abortion issue. They have to believe there is such a thing as humane killing or the whole issue of abortion falls like a house of cards.
It is the most ironic thing, the DUmmie mind. It's often the most moronic thing as well. I know that there are pro-life Democrats as there are pro-choice Republicans.
The people who are opposed to the death penalty for murderers will argue "how can you be pro-life and still support the death penalty?"
This is how Satan tricks us: It's the words that are wrong. It took me time to see the light, but I do see the light. You are anti-murder or pro-murder.
The way that murderers (who qualify for the death penalty; only a fraction do) are put to death is by first giving them a sedative that puts them under. They are then given a paralytic agent to ensure they have no pain. Then they are given a drug to stop their heart. I don't know for sure, but I'd bet a paycheck that not one of them gave their victims that courtesy.
Now the way I understand early term abortions is that they just pump saltwater into the baby, it convulses and dies. Late term abortions are even worse. These induced labor abortions that Obama is so fond of sound to me like something out of Hitler's playbook.
As for those who say that the death penalty is no deterrent, I'll say this: It is. Once the murderer is put to death, there is no chance that he will kill again. There are a lot of people in prison, some are evil to the core, some aren't. How many people are in prison who have a legitimate chance of becoming a decent human being, at redemption, who would be denied that if some murderous maniac were running loose in the general population?