The suffering of shot animals was one of the things about hunting that made me an anti-hunting type person. As I came to understand hunting more, I realized that any pain an animal feels is not the fault of the hunter, it's the fault of Nature. If the aninal feels tremendous pain upon being shot, well, that's just the way Nature intended it.
So, as it turns out, most animals don't even feel much pain, when taken ethically. This thread made me think of two things:
One, the many, many tales of shark attack victims who didn't even know they had lost a limb until they got out of the water and someone said "You're leg is missing."
Two, the assasination of Anwar Sadat. One of the guys in the seating area had his elbow shattered by a bullet. I mean, shattered, with bones sticking out, and everything, right there on TV. The guy just sat there, holding his arm, waiting for someone to attend to him. He looked concerned, but that's all.
Neither of those injuries could be considered an "ethical take" type of wound, but there was little physical suffering. An ethical shot surely produces much more severe and body-wide shock, suppressing the pain, and killing the animal within seconds.
I continue to learn.
-boing
So, as it turns out, most animals don't even feel much pain, when taken ethically. This thread made me think of two things:
One, the many, many tales of shark attack victims who didn't even know they had lost a limb until they got out of the water and someone said "You're leg is missing."
Two, the assasination of Anwar Sadat. One of the guys in the seating area had his elbow shattered by a bullet. I mean, shattered, with bones sticking out, and everything, right there on TV. The guy just sat there, holding his arm, waiting for someone to attend to him. He looked concerned, but that's all.
Neither of those injuries could be considered an "ethical take" type of wound, but there was little physical suffering. An ethical shot surely produces much more severe and body-wide shock, suppressing the pain, and killing the animal within seconds.
I continue to learn.
-boing