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badtoworse

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5. Putting an animal down with a gun is no more or less humane than by injection...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Mar 3, 2014, 02:22 PM

Mar 2014

and probably more humane than with gas.

A well placed shot kills the animal instantly, so there is no suffering. How would that be inhumane? That said, I doubt many pet owners could bring themselves to shoot the family pet. I wouldn't be able to and I hunt.

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