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> For small animals, CO2 is humane Do you have a citation for this? Everything I've seen would suggest to me it's categorically less humane than using an inert
by lol768 6y ago
> For small animals, CO2 is humane
Do you have a citation for this? Everything I've seen would suggest to me it's categorically less humane than using an inert gas like nitrogen or helium in the absence of oxygen.
- hprotagonist 6y agohttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605172/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5605172/ has a lot of reading. it's so far the least-worst option: we know there are issues, but the alternatives to date so far have been worse, including inert gases.
- AndrewOMartin 6y agoI think the effect of CO2 is very similar to the hypoxia from low air pressure. Here's a video of a TV presenter and ex-member of parliament undergoing the experience. The point of the scene is that you lose any faculties long before any unpleasantness or damage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEJKvbpOF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEJKvbpOF0 If I'm wrong, and this is completely irrelevant to the discussion, just try to enjoy seeing a Tory bought to the brink of oblivion [satire]