roos in the outback are quite a challenge to dispatch
they stand almost 2m tall in some cases, and a tyre iron is pretty insufficient
best not drive at night there

John Bingham wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:23 pm

Arget wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:14 pm

simon43 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:45 pm

my science teacher Father Fahey had a cat pelt he would rub on different rods to show static electricity.

So kill the cat, skin it and give the pelt to the nearest school to help the kids with their Science lessons...

As for the best way to kill small animals, I once drove over a rabbit on Exmoor. Its back was broken but it wasn't dead and was trying to bite me (as you would when some stupid fcuker has just mished your back). I wanted to put it out of its misery. The only thing that I could think of doing was to jump up and down on it with my size 12 boots until it was completely dead....

Lucky that no-one else drove past when I was doing that

trying to bite me.............. rabbits dont bite...........hahahaha

It's all fun and games till you actually encounter an angry rabbit:

If you ever see this mother fucker just run it over,

newkidontheblock wrote:

rozzieoz wrote:Since we are talking about cats, my two are doing really well.

How did you get them so fat and happy? All the kitties I see in the KOW are super skinny.

They have very healthy appetites These two critters have changed my life - they make me laugh every day.

They are never far from one another. It’s so sweet.

Lovely Cats Roz.

Back to the humane euthanization Q.

Would a plastic bag and asphyxiation be cruel?

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:43 am roos in the outback are quite a challenge to dispatch
they stand almost 2m tall in some cases, and a tyre iron is pretty insufficient
best not drive at night there

I ran out of petrol about 40-50 kms short of Coober Pedy once. Thumbed a ride in, jerry can in hand, with some Italian dudes and they hit a roo on the way. I hitched a ride back from Coober Pedy to my car and noticed that the roo was flipping all over the place on the road as we drove by. Got to my car and put the fuel in drove to where the roo was and shot it and dragged it off the road. This was back in the 80s when firearms were fairly prolific, so I had a .22 magnum sitting in the boot.

I felt the poor thing needed to be put out of its misery as it was pretty smashed up. I no longer have firearms, so I have no idea what I'd do in the same/similar situation.


In another situation, about 10 years ago I was living in a very remote indigenous community in the far north west of SA. One day I could hear this faint howling noise whilst I was at home on the weekend. I went out to see what it was and didn't see anything amiss. Maybe an hour or so later I could hear the faint howling once again, so I looked outside again, but this time having a better look in the rear of the yard, which was quite overgrown with Buffel grass. There amongst the Buffel was a dying camp dog laying on its side. As I got closer, I could see that its eyes were covered with ants, and it was obviously not far from death. What to do? I went to the shed and found a length of heavy reinforcing rod and gave it a swift one on the head. Put some rubber gloves on and put it in a garbage bag and took it to the nearby tip. It was obviously sick - no idea what.

Not something I really want to face or do again, but it would have been a pretty horrific ending for the poor dog, slowly dying while your eyes are being eaten by ants, so I decided to do something about it.