“From April 2021, the pest management team took cats to the veterinarian in the base, and then cats were euthanized at the veterinary hospital,” the informant said.
Since July last year, the method of slaughtering has changed to shooting because euthanasia drugs are expensive and veterinarians can be traumatized, the informant added.
masterofballs@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
When I was in basic training many moons ago, I remember privates stomping baby birds who's nest fell. Sargent said it was mercy. Felt shitty at the time but I mean we were being trained to kill people. Whats a couple doomed birds? Me at the time was pretty upset about it though. I felt they needed to be left to natural causes. I would say the same about cats I guess.
Monarque@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
Wow that is absolutely wild... I feel bad just hearing about that...
Here's the thing: the permanent solution is to adjusting the fence by making it far more impregnable -- something these homeless cats can't penetrate. In fact, you would think that that would be the standard, at which point they could release the cats again after this process.
We got 40 billion dollars for the Ukraine but apparently can't set up a fence like that.
x0x7@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
I might agree with that. just because of personal experience. It certainly isn't my instinct. I tried to nurse some baby birds once. I heard them chipping, and when I found two of the loudest ones on the sidewalk I saw them already being attacked by ants. And I thought, those ants are not going to do that well against those birds, they are not going to die quickly from this. It was just unacceptable to me. So I took them home. Then looked up what I had to do but realized I had no clue how to get the appropriate food. I'd have to improvise at best. They also required being fed like every seven minutes or something like that, and thermal guarantees I couldn't guarantee. Oh well. I don't kill things and I'm not going to leave them to get eaten alive by ants. We're doing this.
It didn't go well. My hopeful attempt at getting them food was probably not great. Literally there wouldn't even be time for me to go to the store to hunt for and buy what I need if I had any ability to find it. They ended up constipated, and it was clear they were going to die and even slower death under my hands than with the ants. I also took time off of work to do this (crazy I know). I failed those birds, and there is absolutely no way some people in basic training could pull of helping those birds.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 1 year ago
....but you know why they do it, right ? You kill or trap all animals near your habitation, and burn or bury them. No 'adoption' allowed.