> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I agree. If you are going to control animal numbers and a cull is > necessary, shooting - as long as it is with a rifle and not a shotgun > (unless at point blank range) - is fine. As long as death is instant. > Traps are a no-no. Anything that produces prolonged and sustained > suffering is bad. Like aiming a car and running over a feral cat.
The suffering will not only be the cat's. Hitting anything substantial at speed (unless you have something like a Defender) will result in major bodywork damage and expense. Bones will easily penetrate tyres. Having seen the almost complete rebuild required of a (metal) front end once, due to (accidental) impact with a hare, I do think the original statement was hyperbole. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
