euthanize fish?

[DEAD_BY_DAWN]

Yes your going to hell...

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

is it wrong that Im sitting here eating my oreo ice cream laughing hystericially.....

Oreo icecream???mmmmmm....

[DEAD_BY_DAWN]

Oreo icecream???mmmmmm....

Brad please refrain from being obsene,kids visit this site to.....

[Rikko]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

is it wrong that Im sitting here eating my oreo ice cream laughing hystericially.....

Actually yes, that stuff will kill you.

[Troy F]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

I know my dog wouldn't fit in my freezer, so I'd have to whack him with a rock.

I could hit mine with a rock and I believe he'd think it was foreplay.

Oh and for the fellow that mentioned midgets biting heads off fish; I believe they prefer "little people".

[BCWolfen]

Fish like all cold blooded animals or amphibians metabolism slows down as they get colder. IE I stop feeding my goldfish in the pond as winter approaches because they just don't eat. They get lethargic, slow down and slowly idle round near the bottom. As winter progresses they slow down even more to a 'near hibernation' state until spring. A fish put into the freezer in warm water will do the same. His metabolism slowing down until, in the case of a freezer, he quietly slides into sleep, coma, death. Quiet and calm no stress.

[Samw]

http://www.bvzs.org/euthansiaguidelinesfish.htm

British Veterinary Zoological Society

Guidelines for Acceptable Methods of Euthanasia for Zoo, Exotic Pet and Wildlife species

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British Veterinary Zoological Society [BVZS], 7 Mansfield Street, London W1M 0AT, UK. http://www.bvzs.org


No. 2: Ornamental Fish

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Suggested methods of choice:
The following methods are rapidly effective and straightforward to perform.
· Overdose of a soluble anaesthetic agent added to the water (MS222, Benzocaine [in acetone /alcohol], Eugenol [clove oil])
· Intravenous overdose of anaesthetic agent, primarily pentobarbitone.
· Trauma sufficient to induce complete and instantaneous loss of brainstem activity (e.g. shooting, captive bolt, massive blunt trauma, cervical dislocation or fracture)
· Dropping into liquid nitrogen to provide near instantaneous complete freezing (individuals less than 1cm max diameter only)


Methods considered unacceptable:
The following methods have been suggested for ornamental fish euthanasia in the past but should now be considered ineffective or unacceptable:
· 'Asphyxiation' (simple removal from water preventing respiratory exchange)
· Freezing (excepting method suggested above)
· Use of other anaesthetic agents added to the water (Pentobarbitone, Isofluorane, Halothane)
· Trauma (other than cranial & cervical trauma as described above)
· Carbon dioxide by non-commercial methods (Alka-seltzer® tablets, soda-stream® carbonation)

[Samw]

http://www.gsas.org/Articles/1998/he...uthanasia.html

Greater Seattle Aquarium Society
Northwest Aquaria Article Archive

Title As You Wish: Euthanasia (Part 1)
by Heather Candelaria

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Pain is not a basic straight forward event, it is much more complex than I intend to go into right now, but the basic fact that is important to know is that pain generally occurs as a result of some sort of damage being done to the body or cells of an animal.

Pain evolved as a sort of warning system, to tell an organism that damage is occurring to its body and that evasive action is a good idea. Getting away from the source of the pain is therefore a very important drive directing all animals capable of feeling pain.

With this in mind, I would like to express my opinion about the `humane' and `painless' method of euthanizing a fish; the freezing method.


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By the time the cellular walls are bursting I’m pretty sure that the fish has taken its last gasp, but a great deal of damage (pain) occurs before death does.

I think the best way to put a fish out of its misery is the fastest way possible. Dropping Mr. Bubbles into a blender is not the nicest (or cleanest) method of euthanasia, but as far as Mr. Bubbles is concerned, it is all over with before he has time to even notice.

[sumpfinfishe]

Nice work Sam

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Troy F

Oh and for the fellow that mentioned midgets biting heads off fish; I believe they prefer "little people".

Midgets bite heads off little people?? That's just wrong.