what is the most humane way to kill a fish
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tekknoschtev
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deedo, its nice to get a professional opinion, or at least procedure. I still like the idea of the clove oil though. I suppose it makes sense, considering they are cold blooded. The ice water bath is also probably better than just straight freezing because it makes contact everywhere, instead of point sources.
WILDTHING
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Re: Thats just wrong!
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No its not. It was probably difficult for Ericp to do but the fish was probably dead in moments instead of suffering a slow death. Sometimes the most humane thing you can do is help the end come quickly.
Because of what I do I see a lot of animals that I wish it was possible to save but its just not. So the only way I can help at that moment is to be quick with what needs to be done. Its not easy but its the only kindness that the situation allows.
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greenman said:
No its not. It was probably difficult for Ericp to do but the fish was probably dead in moments instead of suffering a slow death. Sometimes the most humane thing you can do is help the end come quickly.
Because of what I do I see a lot of animals that I wish it was possible to save but its just not. So the only way I can help at that moment is to be quick with what needs to be done. Its not easy but its the only kindness that the situation allows.
colleen
jgoodrich71
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I've always put the fish in a fish bag filled with water, then put this into the freezer. This way the fish does not sufficate while waiting for its metabolism to stop. Never heard of the clove oil before, though, that might be something to try in the future.
EmergencyDpt
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Put 'em in a blender. The bassmaster.
onereefnotenuf
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i have kept fw fish since i was 8-9 years old. when i was about 12 i got an oscar. this fish would not eat live goldfish(at first) so i had to find a way to kill the fish without distorting it or poisoning it. of course prepared food would have been the smart thing to do but i was thinking this fish is a predator so it will get fresh meat. the way that worked best for killing goldfish is as follows: 1.unscrew an incandescent light bulb from it's socket.
2. place goldfish in socket.
3. turn the switch.
4. turn off quickly due to "cooking"
I do not reccomend this practice due to obvious fire hazards involved.
i am sure other than the brief period out of water, the goldfish did not suffer.
just as an aside, the oscar wouldn't eat the dead goldfish either, but it took about a half dozen fish to come to that conclusion.
for obvious reasons this isn't a story i have told too often!
2. place goldfish in socket.
3. turn the switch.
4. turn off quickly due to "cooking"
I do not reccomend this practice due to obvious fire hazards involved.
i am sure other than the brief period out of water, the goldfish did not suffer.
just as an aside, the oscar wouldn't eat the dead goldfish either, but it took about a half dozen fish to come to that conclusion.
for obvious reasons this isn't a story i have told too often!
ONEMANBAND
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I just feed them to my aggressive tank, nothings faster than a combined wrass, trigger, eel attack. Protein gets out Protein.
Matthew A.
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I have found a quick and powerful crushing of the skull works well. It's one of the quickest ways to bring quick death to endoskeleton organisms if it can be performed in tenths or less of a second. It sounds cruel and murderous but it does the task. Everytime I have to utilize this method to bring about a quick and hopefully painless death to an unfortunate organism, I am saddened that a life has been lost and by my hand. Such is the burden of being human.
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