jmorris
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I think if we are all honest with ourselves there is some line were we will compromise our aversion to causing/allowing a creature to suffer at our hand.
I think that is an accurate statement.
I think if we are all honest with ourselves there is some line were we will compromise our aversion to causing/allowing a creature to suffer at our hand.
Or you get somebody with power of attorney to move you out of such a facility...., and who is a good friend who will.....If I get like she was, I hope legal euthanasia is available
I sometimes use little fish, worms, frogs, etc. to catch big fish. I torture them all first. Impale them with hooks and hope their struggle to get free will attract a large fish that will eat them alive. I find it relaxing and a great way to pass the time with family and friends. Kids can't get enough of it.
I love spiders, especially the hunting spiders (as opposed to orb spinners). I rarely kill them in the house, taking them outside to be free. We have wolf spiders and fishing spiders the size of your palm in the barn. Living in north Alabama we have so many bugs I figure we need more spiders if anything. My respect for spiders is similar to my respect for all predators.
Just a recommendation. A decent dose of morphine and valium will put you out in no time. It's what Dr give us for euthanasia. Or assisted suicide. Promised my grandpa when his time came I would give him the dose. Had the morphine just no valium. He only made it three day's. So it wasn't to bad. My mom how ever held on for a few weeks in agony. Told mt people when it comes down to it give me the dose. Already had cancer. And some things are worse then death itself. Like choking on ones own poop. Has to be expelled. Either bum or mouth. Get constipated enough it goes up not downI was against human euthanasia until my 97 y.o. grandmother decided she wanted to die. Crippling arthritis, deaf as a post and blind as a bat. No reading, TV, radio, conversations, bed-ridden with bed sores but with a mind sharp as a tack. Who would want to stay alive under those circumstances? She decided to starve herself to death. She refused to eat in the nursing home so they placed a stomach tube in and fed her through that. She actually jerked the tube out and constantly asked me, "How much longer, Bob? I couldn't do anything for her and I felt so sorry for her that I begged the doctor to put her in Hospice to end it. He said she was in too good a shape to do that. I would have prayed for Jack Kevorkian if he were available in Florida but they were busy prosecuting him in Michigan.
If I get like she was, I hope legal euthanasia is available.
I love spiders, especially the hunting spiders (as opposed to orb spinners). I rarely kill them in the house, taking them outside to be free. We have wolf spiders and fishing spiders the size of your palm in the barn. Living in north Alabama we have so many bugs I figure we need more spiders if anything. My respect for spiders is similar to my respect for all predators.
Just a recommendation. A decent dose of morphine and valium will put you out in no time. It's what Dr give us for euthanasia. Or assisted suicide. Promised my grandpa when his time came I would give him the dose. Had the morphine just no valium. He only made it three day's. So it wasn't to bad. My mom how ever held on for a few weeks in agony. Told mt people when it comes down to it give me the dose. Already had cancer. And some things are worse then death itself. Like choking on ones own poop. Has to be expelled. Either bum or mouth. Get constipated enough it goes up not down
I live in the sticks, down South, and on my property we treat spiders like they are gods, Venomous ones, not so much, but those big Banana Spiders and Porch Spiders are welcome residents. Better than a bug zapper. We would be overrun by mosquitoes and flies, without them.
I cooked bacon and eggs this morning. Obviously I am responsible for the death of a pig, his life probably sucked anyway.
Concerning the eggs, am I or am I not a chicken killer?
Fair enough, if we made a thread about, anything in the animal kingdom that one would kill by any means or any circumstances that would allow one to alter their moral principles that govern behavior or the conducting of an activity (ethics). We could see how they are different from one to another and are movable within every individual too.
In some States, it’s illegal to shoot say a deer that has been hit by a car and suffering while dying slowly. Do you break the law and finish it off with a single shot quickly and risk arrest and jail time for yourself or allow it to continue to suffer?
It's an all-out war, against mosquitoes and flies. The lowly toad, the anole lizards, mosquito hawks, birds, they're all welcome guests.They're too 'creepy' for me. I also live in the South (out in the country) but will take more Purple Martins, Fish and Turtles to help control mosquitoes. Fly strips or traps will harvest more flies than spiders around your house.
It's an all-out war, against mosquitoes and flies. The lowly toad, the anole lizards, mosquito hawks, birds, they're all welcome guests.
Ah, the wolf spider. I was born in Florida and lived there until I was 32. When I moved to TN, I learned not everyone has the same definition of "big" when it comes to spiders. To my wife, a "big" spider is the size of a nickle. To me, a "big" spider turns the light off when it leaves a room and sounds like four tiny horses when it trots across the floor.I don't kill wolf spiders unless my wife forces me to with her nagging.
if you are going to intentionally kill an animal then it should receive a quick and humane kill independent of such labels
I love spiders, especially the hunting spiders (as opposed to orb spinners). I rarely kill them in the house, taking them outside to be free. We have wolf spiders and fishing spiders the size of your palm in the barn. Living in north Alabama we have so many bugs I figure we need more spiders if anything. My respect for spiders is similar to my respect for all predators.