Best way to kill a rabbit

[LeeS]

I went for a jaunt into Kent today and involved myself in a small incident. A car passed me and shortly afterwards a rabbit darted out from the bushes into the path of the car. The rabbit didn't exactly get squashed but got caught by the front wheel and was spewed out to the gutter . The driver wasn't aware so he was off into the distance.
I looked at the rabbit and he was alive but unrepairable so I took the decision to give him a swift end and send him on his way. I've never actually killed an animal before and it didn't occur to me how difficult the process was going to be. All I could think of doing was stamping on his head with one fatal blow and that would be job done .
My brain knew it was the only thing to do but what I didn't anticipate was a complete lack of ruthlessness filtering down to my leg. I tried stamping and ended up tickling his nose . It was as if my leg had turned to elastic and would go down and spring back up again but wouldn't travel the last couple of inches to finish the fellow off. It was all very strange . Eventually I put him out of his misery which was just as well for him because it took me half a dozen goes .
I'm quite sure that if I had a bouffant hairdo ,and some dodgy eighties clothes I probably did a pretty good immpression of George Michael dancing to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - hopefully you remember Top Of The Pops or your going to wonder whats in my video collection.
Anyway I discovered something about myself today. The ruthless streak of success is missing. Which explains a lot.

[Sylv]

Sounds traumatic
[quote="LeeS"]The ruthless streak of success is missing. Which explains a lot.

[Dombo]

I agree with you, the idea of stamping on anything that you could actually feel crush under your shoe is pretty unpleasant. Best to hold him firmly at the back of the neck with one hand, then push his chin up sharply with the other. That should break his neck for a quick death. Then squeeze his torso to get rid of any waste and tuck him in your jersey pocket for a tasty supper.
For birds, twist and pull the head to break the neck. There was a photo in the papers of Her Maj dispatching a winged pheasant that way. Very quick and humane.

[Antloony]

I get my ruthless streak from drowning unwanted kittens and torturing hamsters.

I had to kill one of my kids pet rabbits a few years ago, can't say I enjoyed it but I told Tommy if he carried on wetting the bed I'd do it.....harsh you may say but he was 14...

[quote="Antloony"]I get my ruthless streak from drowning unwanted kittens and torturing hamsters.

I had to kill one of my kids pet rabbits a few years ago, can't say I enjoyed it but I told Tommy if he carried on wetting the bed I'd do it.....harsh you may say but he was 14...

[Bo-Gilly]

Some years back whilst using a hover-mower on some long grass I accidentally ripped off the top of a rather large toad which remained very much alive. Panic-stricken I grabbed the first thing which came to hand which happened to be a thin log, without hesitation I launched into a frenzy attack in which the log broke on several occasions but killed the toad in a matter of not too many seconds - I think I probably carried on hitting it after it was completely dead, just to be sure like.

On another occasion I had a rather disastrous experience killing a seriously injured pigeon, which I eventually managed to do after repeatedly screwing it up for the poor bugger ........ I don't want to give details as it still haunts me

Yes killing isn't a fun experience for most normal people, even when necessary. And I believe that killing other humans is particularly irksome and vexing. It is indeed a fairly well documented fact that most people can't kill another human even when their own life is in danger :

[url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:0n406U66p9sJ:www.military-sf.com/Killing.htm+%22only+2%25+of+soldiers+willingly+shoot+to+kill%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk]The Psychology of Killing[/url]

Quote :

"In World War Two, it is a fact that only 15-20 percent of the soldiers fired at the enemy".

"In WW2 only one percent of the pilots accounted for thirty to forty percent of enemy fighters shot down in the air. Some pilots didn't shoot down a single enemy plane".

Luckily approximately one percent of the general population are psychopaths, increasing to about 20 percent of the prison population, so there is always someone who can do the gruesome deed if necessary.

[Antloony]

I hoovered up a budgie once.

Tis true.

[quote="LeeS"][quote="Antloony"]I get my ruthless streak from drowning unwanted kittens and torturing hamsters.

I had to kill one of my kids pet rabbits a few years ago, can't say I enjoyed it but I told Tommy if he carried on wetting the bed I'd do it.....harsh you may say but he was 14...

[Andrew G]

I wouldn't fancy stamping on a rabbit's head in cycling shoes, that's never going to be an easy or elegant operation. Would take ages to pick the bits out your cleats afterwards too.

I'd favour Bob's stick/rock method, although I don't fancy taking thin slices off toads.

I wouldn't recommend riding over a flat dead fox on your MTB, it may be wetter than it looks and sproy up in to the face of the vegetarian behind you.

[Bo-Gilly]

[quote="Andrew G"] it may be wetter than it looks and sproy up in to the face of the vegetarian behind you.

[Marcus]

[quote="Bo-Gilly"]It reminds me of another incident in which I discovered that my water bottle had been sprayed with fox sh*t, but only as I stood there drinking out of it.