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[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 59 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I do not understand why people are so upset about this. People kill vermin all the time in far more brutal ways.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Triple_B@lemmy.zip 36 points 6 months ago

The only correct answer. Idgaf about some sky rat, but I'd be a little shocked if someone snatched a seagull out of the sky near me and slammed it into a wall until it died.

I'd also not give a shit five minutes later and would probably regale my friends with the story of the seagull slammer.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Right, this is animal cruelty. There are people who find humane ways to deal with “pests” or “vermin”, so the fact that we have extermination practices for some population of animals doesn’t make this okay.

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Compare this seagull bludgeoned to death with the average rat dying from poison. The rat is NOT getting the more "humane" treatment.

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Sweet. :) I now understand your post. Thank you.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Whats cruel about it? The instant death? Or maybe the hyperbole?

everyone has thought about at some time, just never been old and cranky enough to do it….

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

And those people aren't any more right... Seagulls are actually pretty interesting, long-living, and intelligent creatures. They simply can't compete with humans, that's all.

Humans should be above this sort of thing.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 6 months ago

Then the gulls should be intelligent enough to piss off until we drop our food or throw it in trash cans.

[–] Flax_vert -4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Flax_vert -4 points 6 months ago