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I agree. Fish for food. Release or kill promptly the fish you catch. Beheading is simple, straight and mammals loves the fat of fish brains. If your kids don’

• HeyLaughingBoy 8y ago
  Mmm. Similar issues can arise. I never thought much about fishing until the day I had a large catfish flopping around on my kitchen floor (catfish live quite a while out of water). Having been mainly a catch & release type, this would be the first fish I ate in quite a while and I was acutely aware (obviously) that I had to kill a live animal before I could eat it. So I said a short prayer to the fish gods and plunged a knife into its brain and it died instantly. Tasted pretty good. Fast forward two decades or so later. Neighbor dogs broke into my chicken coop and killed most of the flock. Now I have a handful of bloody chickens lying around slowly dying. The only humane thing to do is to kill them quickly. So grab each one carefully, quickly snap its neck and it's dead. Although one of the situations was clearly not initiated by me, the feeling I had in both cases was essentially the same: regret, but that's how life goes sometimes.
  • pvaldes 8y ago
    Don't haste to kill it. Chicken are prey birds and fight all the time with other chicken. Can cure serious injuries surprisingly fast and recover from grizzly attacks. Just apply Aloe vera in the damaged parts, feed well, keep it warm in a calm place isolated from other chicken and wait. They will benefit also if you allow them eat the remaining chunks of aloe (only the transparent gel, not the bitter green parts).