To Kill Or Not To Kill

Tout Seul

Tout Seul

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I watched a hawk take down a wood pigeon from my study window. Just as the hawk set about finishing the job he was disturbed by a car pulling into the drive and flew off.
The pigeon dived under the hedge and I grabbed a heavy chair leg we keep near the door and went to humanely kill the pigeon. The poor bird has a big rip in his back which though probably not fatal still makes it difficult for him to fly.I also think the bird is in shock. It can and has avoided me and I am not sure as I look out now whether to make a further effort to kill it.
 
Putting it out of its misery is the kindest thing - it will only die a longer more painful death otherwise.
 
I was once in a similar position. A hawk had grabbed a pigeon and was starting to pick at its' feathers while crows and magpies were swooping overhead making all sorts of noises. As I looked out the kitchen window I wasn't sure if the pigeon was making the odd desperate attempt at flight with the hawk refusing to let go or if it was the hawk changing position. In the end I chose to leave them to it but I suspect it was the former and feel I should have went out, scared off the hawk and put the pigeon out of what must have been its' horrifying misery. Thing is, when I was younger I was once stood right next to a spiders web at the instant a fly got caught on it. As the spider rushed out to retreive its' catch I broke up the web and released the fly (at least I think I did as I couldn't see it lying about). I then felt guilty that I had maybe sentenced the spider to death by starvation.
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On a similar note, my patio is riddled with ants and on several occassions we've had them in the house, one outbreak being partiularly bad and quite lengthy. There must be all sorts of nests under the slabs and I'll have to grout them all properly before next spring. The thought of them all trapped under the slabs desperately trying to burrow their way out haunts me though. As Colonel Klutz would say "the horror, the hooror........".
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Indeed Colin. I'm still haunted by a thought I had where me and my daughter are trapped under the rubble of the trade centre. We both have our legs trapped under rubble and my daughter's screaming "Kill me Dad, please kill me". I can't reach her to strangle her. I have that claustophobic, blind panic feeling. Above my head there's a spike jutting out from the concrete in such a way that if I swing the top half of my body violently forward the spike will be embedded in my brain. I want it all to end but I can't take that way out as it would leave her alone. I can practically give myself a 'negative orgasm' at will by concentrating on that horrific thought for a few moments.
 
Bloody Ada Tom, I'd never put you down as a sentimental softie!

As for the hawk and the pigeon - reminds me of a letter to The Times a few years ago, when the correspondence was discussing the appalling RSPB. The letter recorded the sight of a couple in car with an RSPB sticker in the window, leaping out to chase a hawk - a protected species on the endangered list - off a pigeon it had swooped on and brought to earth. LOL what eedjits
 
Originally posted by Headstrong@Oct 29 2007, 11:12 PM
Bloody Ada Tom, I'd never put you down as a sentimental softie!
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I have a healthy awarness for the existence and suffering of my fellow carbon based units headstrong. Not sure if that makes me a sentimental softie. I mean you wont find me on Gorgeous George RIP threads bawling my eyes out while tucking in to a murdered cow.
 
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