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Stuffing kittens in a bag and randomly beating them with a bat - not knowing what part of what kitten you’re beating - presumably crushing ribs, breaking legs, etc., prior to death, is NOT humane. I have zero problem killing animals when it is done humanely which means quickly with minimal-to-no suffering.

And seriously, don’t compare killing kittens to killing food animals, unless you dressed and butchered these kittens and later made a stew to feed your family.

Further, lazy and cowardly are two adjectives that are similar in your situation. You were too lazy to deal with the cats prior to leaving: too lazy to call someone to take the cats, too lazy to put a .22 through each kitten’s brain, too lazy to drop them off at the “dog pound” (I use that phrase since this was allegedly decades ago)...in other words, you were too lazy and cowardly to properly deal with the animals, so you stuck them in a bag and randomly beat them. Why a bag? Why not take each kitten and quickly kill it properly? Afraid to see what you were doing? Afraid to make a mess?

Were they your kittens? Did the kittens just appear one day? Actually my questions don’t matter, partly because it was so long ago, and partly because where you got them doesn’t justify how they were killed.

You need to understand that I know where my food comes from and I know the difference between the dreadful habit of some who “humanize” animals vs. reality. And while I have a high tolerance for dispatching animals because that’s the way of the world, there is a right and a wrong way to do it. You chose the wrong way.

>>You were too lazy to deal with the cats prior to leaving: too lazy to call someone to take the cats, too lazy to put a .22 through each kitten’s brain, too lazy to drop them off at the “dog pound” (I use that phrase since this was allegedly decades ago)...in other words, you were too lazy and cowardly to properly deal with the animals, so you stuck them in a bag and randomly beat them. Why a bag? Why not take each kitten and quickly kill it properly? Afraid to see what you were doing? Afraid to make a mess?<<

You are actually partially right. I could have spent a lot more time and effort on this. I had other priorities though. One man’s “lazy” is another man’s “focused on higher priorities”.

I was not sitting on the curb drinking Night Train out of a paper bag instead of planning the cat’s demise. :)

Different people have different sensibilities on this sort of thing. Fortunately, the law does not back it up - usually.

I am moving to an area where people understand animals. There are darned few laws about what you do to your own animals/property. One guy I know there had a few hunting dogs and a 6 month old puppy snapped at him. Because he has a newborn baby he IMMEDIATELY took the dog to the back of the property, put a bullet in it’s head, and threw the body off the hill for the turkey buzzards.

I divide creation into two groups:
1. Man
2. Natural resource.

The Bible is very clear on how to respond to both and the rules are dramatically different for each.

When this economic mess falls out and life becomes a struggle for more and more people, there will be less and less concern for the welfare of animals and people can, again, focus on helping their fellow man, not getting fluffy groomed “just right”.

>>Why a bag? Why not take each kitten and quickly kill it properly? Afraid to see what you were doing? Afraid to make a mess?<<

I wanted it to be neat and clean. No mess.

“Properly” is a very subjective word. I think I did do it properly. If I had it to do today I would probably do it the same way because I live in a suburb. When I move to Kentucky and if I were to have the same situation, I might use a shotgun, but it seems pretty extreme when the bat thing works just as well.

Kittens are cute, but their brains just ain’t that big.