Seems Less Than Humane To Me

[lizbud]

Surely there must be another way.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38968296...s-environment/

[CatsMeow]

That IS less then Humane! There IS a way that they can help them, or at least not blow the whale up!

[Karen]

Sadly, because of its size, that may have been the most humane thing to do. We simply don't know the correct dosing for a whale to administer any kind of injection, even if we could have located a place to do it. The poor things must have been suffering horribly, sick and stranded, and struggling to breathe. It seems gruesome, but at least its suffering is over.

[Lady's Human]

Properly done, a cutting charge would sever any CN system connections and kill the animal before any pain was felt.

[RICHARD]

I wonder what Paul Watson and his crew of polar pirates think of that.

[Marigold2]

Yes it does seem pretty gross, but I can see why it was done. Death would be very fast and hopefully any pain would be over in a mini second.
Man has been doing it to man for a long time and continues to do so.