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<blockquote data-quote="Tortoise Tom" data-source="post: 145740" data-attributes="member: 27883"><p>Whether or not it is cruel can be debated for ages. I don't think comparing a wild lion and gazelle is remotely relevant to comparing a pet spider and domestic mouse.</p><p></p><p>I am a hunter. I kill animals all the time for sport (falconry), to remove reduce pest issues (gophers, ground squirrels, rats, mice, introduced pests like English house sparrows, etc...), and to feed to other animals. I mention these things to illustrate that I'm not an animal rights whacko, or someone who isn't familiar and comfortable with animals dying.</p><p></p><p>I'm not opposed to feeding an occasional mouse to a tarantula, but I am opposed to feeding an adult mouse that is going to fight back and potentially injure the animal it is being fed to. I'm also opposed to the inhumane treatment and unnecessary suffering of any animal. There is no reason you can't thump that mouse and give it a quick humane death, and then feed it to your spider. Your spider gets no benefit from fighting and killing an adult mouse, and the potential for harm his high.</p><p></p><p>This is your second go around with this. We told you all this same stuff the last time. This is still somewhat of a free country (Although that is changing rapidly...) and you can do what you want, but this isn't right, and it has no business on a family friendly public forum. Its a bad idea, I DO think it is cruel and inhumane, and its completely unnecessary.</p><p></p><p>Anyone reading should be clear on all these points. Feeding live adult mice to any pet tarantula is not a practice to be condoned or recommended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tortoise Tom, post: 145740, member: 27883"] Whether or not it is cruel can be debated for ages. I don't think comparing a wild lion and gazelle is remotely relevant to comparing a pet spider and domestic mouse. I am a hunter. I kill animals all the time for sport (falconry), to remove reduce pest issues (gophers, ground squirrels, rats, mice, introduced pests like English house sparrows, etc...), and to feed to other animals. I mention these things to illustrate that I'm not an animal rights whacko, or someone who isn't familiar and comfortable with animals dying. I'm not opposed to feeding an occasional mouse to a tarantula, but I am opposed to feeding an adult mouse that is going to fight back and potentially injure the animal it is being fed to. I'm also opposed to the inhumane treatment and unnecessary suffering of any animal. There is no reason you can't thump that mouse and give it a quick humane death, and then feed it to your spider. Your spider gets no benefit from fighting and killing an adult mouse, and the potential for harm his high. This is your second go around with this. We told you all this same stuff the last time. This is still somewhat of a free country (Although that is changing rapidly...) and you can do what you want, but this isn't right, and it has no business on a family friendly public forum. Its a bad idea, I DO think it is cruel and inhumane, and its completely unnecessary. Anyone reading should be clear on all these points. Feeding live adult mice to any pet tarantula is not a practice to be condoned or recommended. [/QUOTE]
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