I used to believe “if you kill something, look it in the eyes as you do,” but after experiencing it, now I don’t. I was at my grandparents’ house, and a mouse trap they set caught a mouse by crushing its lower spine. it was still very much alive. I watched it for a minute, then took it outside and cut its head off with my thumb. It just made me feel cold. Wouldn’t kill by hand again.
I’m so sorry that you had to witness that death and take any part in it. I had a similar mouse trap (“humane” trap but it caught the little guy or gal’s tail and it ended up dying :( - my fault, of course, but didn’t mean to harm him/her, only to relocate them). It seems impossible to not see that there is stress, pain and suffering there, which I am not mentioning to make you feel worse, and I apologize if I bring it up, but that you sound like an empathetic person in dealing with this little mouse, and the world could learn so much from you and your caring. Thank you for euthanizing your mouse. It was probably one of the hardest things you will have to do. So sorry.
Do you think this was to soften the sadness for yourself because it felt like too much to bear, or did this experience change how you view whether one should or should not do this from an argumentative standpoint?
I used to believe “if you kill something, look it in the eyes as you do,” but after experiencing it, now I don’t. I was at my grandparents’ house, and a mouse trap they set caught a mouse by crushing its lower spine. it was still very much alive. I watched it for a minute, then took it outside and cut its head off with my thumb. It just made me feel cold. Wouldn’t kill by hand again.
I’m so sorry that you had to witness that death and take any part in it. I had a similar mouse trap (“humane” trap but it caught the little guy or gal’s tail and it ended up dying :( - my fault, of course, but didn’t mean to harm him/her, only to relocate them). It seems impossible to not see that there is stress, pain and suffering there, which I am not mentioning to make you feel worse, and I apologize if I bring it up, but that you sound like an empathetic person in dealing with this little mouse, and the world could learn so much from you and your caring. Thank you for euthanizing your mouse. It was probably one of the hardest things you will have to do. So sorry.
Do you think this was to soften the sadness for yourself because it felt like too much to bear, or did this experience change how you view whether one should or should not do this from an argumentative standpoint?