Water bag

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A year ago my ex girlfriend had birds in her air conditioner it was their nest. She decided to put them into the water bag. Do you think it was a right thing to do?

What the heck is a water bag?

Well, you take a plastic bag, fill it with water, put the birds in there, and keep it there till they suffocate and die.

Well isn't that morbid?

Yah its morbid and thats precisely its purpose. To kill those birds so that they wouldn't be sitting in the air vintilator.

Where's the "she should have put her head in the water bag" option?

inhumane monster.

I have birds currently living above my stove vent where they've nested the last 3-4 yrs..should i just leave them alone..it won't be easy or worth it trying to get to them anyways i suppose

Just barbaric...

I would have kept them as pets.

I don't think there is enough information to say. Back when I went to college, there was a minor scandle involving a groundskeeper that was accused of animal cruelty. I happened to actually witness the event, and what happened is that a squirrel was trying to cross the road, misjudged, and was hit by a car, ending up flung onto the grassy bank near the road, where it lay twitching. A crowd of students gathered, and there was lots of handwringing, and "Oh, someone should do something." One woman ran to get a groundskeeper who was working near by. He took one look and went to get his shovel, decapitated the squirrel to kill it, and put it in the bags the groundskeepers are provided with to dispose of dead animals they may find. I was amazed at how quickly the rumors diverged from the truth, even that some students had come across the groundskeeper secretly torturing the squirrel and that he had killed it to destroy the evidence of his torture.

We don't know what species these birds were, how old the fledglings may have been, or anything else. With many birds, if the nest is disturbed in any way, the parents will abandon the fledglings to starvation, and many birds are not amenable to being raised in captivity. Being drowned would be far more humane.

I think putting them in water is indeed appalling.... Fowl tastes so much better either fried or grilled than it does boiled.....

How about letting them go?

Killing birds...cruel, creepy, and gross.

I absolutely adore birds too..... But would you have felt any differently if it was rats, say - I know I would and that sort of species Nazism I (and so many others) suffer from always worries me...... Hence, I would prevent myself getting too upset by anyone doing this to birds who were causing them a nuisance, even though the thought of doing the same myself nauseates me.......

Basically, us humans are just too isolated from the natural world, and just have too much time on our hands to not do this kind of anthropomorphising......

I think you've figured it out, TAFKASH! The way to not be like a Nazi, and favour one type of animal over another type, is to just kill all the animals! Yes, that's the way to do it!

If there is no way to avoid killing an animal or bird, or the creature would suffer more by continuing to live, then so be it.

However, killing it by suffocation / drowning is inhumane. If someone can't bring themselves to do it quickly i.e. breaking their necks cleanly / quick decapitation, they shouldn't do it at all.

NB this is also my opinion on eating meat - if you can't bring yourself to slaughter an animal, then don't eat meat. Hence, I don't eat meat because I couldn't do it!

I think I see why she is your ex...