Maybe he should’ve put it in a live trap and drowned it.
...maybe its humane, but as a young teen, I watched as my uncle put a trapped skunk in the tub of water to drown it and that poor skunk fought like hell to get out and avoid dying! Can still see his nose and claws from the little glass window in the back of the trap. Maybe its the most humane but the fight for life kind of shook me. I think the .22 to the head is more humane...
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My granddad in England used to drown unwanted kittens for family and neighbors. This was 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s England and there was probably no other way for your average person to do it more humanely back then. I know from my mom she said he didn’t like doing it.
I was being sarcastic.
I think drowning a trapped animal [or any animal, for that matter] reeks of sadistic sociopathy, myself.
It’s not at *all* humane.
I had a run in with 3 rabid coons last fall and shot them all, quickly, humanely and with much sorrow.
The mother, although sick with rabies herself, was trying to protect her babies from me [they were suffering -horribly-] til the very last second.
It was heartbreaking but I knew they were in agony and there was no one else around to do what needed to be done.
Then I took them to the health dept. for testing, got my dogs their booster shots and went through the rabies series, myself.
All creatures want to live and I can not -imagine- watching one slowly drown nor feeling “joy” whilst doing so.
The mere thought sickens me to the core.
I’m sorry you witnessed what you did.
I know how some images become permanently etched into your mind.