@Coleosis Said
So its ok for a farmer to heard cattle by using dogs that frighten and bite the legs of the cattle.
Now you're just being stupid.
The dogs don't bite, they bark. The cows are used to it, considering it happens every day and they are nonchalant. They show no signs of fear. It rather just annoys them... liken it to you tickling your dog's paw while he is asleep. He will walk away from you after you do it because it annoys him.
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If you know your local farmers so well, then it would be safe to assume that you arent too far off from an unpopulated place that you could release the mice.
Sorry, but I do not have a car.
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Giving them a better chance then in the bottom of your trashcan. Lets say they do get eaten by a snake after you release them. Is that any worse then letting their carcass rot in your trash?
What happens in the wild I cannot control, so moot point. Second, I don't even put them into the garbage because it would attract other vermin and make a bigger stink. I dump it in my backyard - where the owls may have a meal. If they don't, the ants will.
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I dont know if you know much about mice, but they are very resilient. Just because you relocate one doesnt mean it would seek out food and shelter. It still knows whats up and what it needs to do to survive. It isnt just going to crouch down until someone finds it.
They are creatures of habit. They go to the same places where there is food, the same shelter. Dump them in unknown territory, the chances for survival are slim because they do not know of an established food source or shelter. You also need to take into account that its family or pack won't be there, so there is no security. Even other mice are a danger too, they'll fight off other mice that aren't a part of the group.
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Why not use a fly swatter? Why use fly spray, that is bad on the Ozone, contributing to destruction of every ecosystem.
Your computer right now is contributing to that.
Most fly sprays these days are made to minimise any omissions. This isn't the 80's where we carelessly polluted the air with whatever. New laws have been passed since then thanks to awareness.
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Trust me...You can tell when the mouse is dead. Even if it's eyes buldging, intestines looking like they are about to come out of the backside, and the bones breaking. Seconds go by before the mouse is dead.
How very humane of you. You wouldn't be more cruel if you burned the thing alive.
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Do you think that maybe culling kangaroos wouldnt be necessary if man hadnt killed their predators? The thylacine would have helped keep the kangaroo population under control if it wasnt for man killing them off.
That is man's folly, but you are being ignorant here. The Thylacine was only located in Tasmania, the majority of the roo population on the actual manland. Kangaroos have NO natural predators, never have. These animals can get quite big, are surprisingly fast and have a mighty kick. I doubt a Tasmanian tiger is going to do much after it is impaled.
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So you dont think about the feelings of livestock, or the effect that aerosol has on the environment, or animals that get too close to your living quarters....but you get all teary when someone feeds a live mouse to a snake that was bred to be snakefood?
Does the fact that livestock are slaughtered for food, and aerosols are used, have any bearing on the ethical aspects of live feeding? No, of course not. It is irrelevant, you are using a typical strawman argument. Nice try, but I do care about livestock, otherwise I wouldn't give a s*** how they died. You can't really mount a argument on aerosols because the pollution produced to give you power for your computer and internet connection are much more potent. As for animals being too close, well then, I could also use a glue trap and toss it into the bin. But that'd make me a hypocrite, wouldn't it? Well no. I'm humane about it.
Live feeding an animal to another animal puts you right there... you're the one who dumped the mouse into the enclosure. It is an intentional, direct action - and you know full well what will happen. It seems that you cannot differentiate between that and something indirect and unintentional. Eating meat, using flyspray... is a far cry from doing an act yourself. You made the conscious effort to put the mouse through it, maybe your snake if it decides to fight back.
Why do you think most zoos do not permit live feeding? After all, are gazelles not natural prey to lions? They are, but the lions get freshly killed gazelle. Or any equivalent. So tell me, how different is this from a rat with a snake in captivity? Rats can suffer as much as gazelles, and the predators don't need them live and kicking.