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>>>>>> Does anyone actually do this any more? Is it something a small
>>>>>> producer could learn to do on their own or does it require a
>>>>>> veterinarian? Storey has a brief explanation of it in his book but
>>>>>> does not mention anesthetic being used. Is this cruel to cut open
a
>>>>>> bird without pain control?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's now illegal in the UK.
>>>>> And yes, of course it's cruel to cut open a bird without pain
>>>>> control. I'm surprised you asked.
>>>>> Imagine it for yourself and then you know what is right for your
>>>>> birds.
>>>>
>>>> I guess raising meat birds is out, then ;-).
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>>> Why?
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>> "Imagine it for yourself..."
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>> I haven't met anyone so far who's remotely interested in having a knife
>> stuck into their brain or their jugular cut. OK, there are some sickos
>> out there, but _most_ of us would say "no way."
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> Have you deliberately misunderstood me?
> There is a vast difference between killing a bird and subjecting it to
> abdominal surgery without anaesthetic, or pain relief while it's
> recovering.
> I've had abdominal surgery twice myself and let me tell you morphine was
> involved. When it began to wear off, well, I wouldn't wish such pain on
> my worst enemy.
> Caponization by surgical means (or even chemical means) has been
outlawed
> in the UK for many years. We don't declaw cats, either to save our
> furniture. That's illegal too.
>
> I get the impression you thought my original post was amusing. Did it
> make you laugh to think that I objected to a bird being operated on
> without pain relief? If so, I don't understand your sense of humour.
No, I am just pointing out that if you _really_ belive what you _said_,
which is if it's not ok for yourself, it's not ok for your birds, you
would
also be against slaughtering birds for any reason except possibly humane
euthanasia (and many people would object to that for themselves as well).
That's a pretty clear and unambigious interpretation of what you actually
said.
If you didn't actually mean that if a thing isn't ok for yourself then it
isn't ok for your birds, then just say so.
The smiley was because there is a huge range of what people consider to be
ok husbandry. Just because I happen to be a vegetarian doesn't mean that
I
insist that others can't slaughter their animals or that I wouldn't do it
under some cir***stances, for instance. I also didn't really believe that
you meant what you literally said, as you have subsequently proven to be
the
case. And I admit that I do find it slightly amusing when people
overstate
their position to the point that they clearly don't even agree with what
they said themselves.
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