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Pond Tour: 2001, 2002 , Seminar Pond Tour |
..Should be considered when a fish is intractably ill or deformed by
disease beyond hope of salvation. Even though it is belived a fish feels no deep pain, if
they are hopeless, euthanasia is a humane choice.
Ideally, hypothermia is the recommended way to dispatch a fish. Place the fish in a modest amount of water so that it may recline upright and comfortably. Place the bowl or bag in the freezer and close the door, prividing darkness. As the poikilotherm (cold blooded animal) loses heat, the enzymes that govern consciousness are inactivated and they lose sensation and finally all systems arrest, painlessly and completely. Alternatives would involve severing the head behind the gill covers. For larger fish, a sharp blow (with hammer or other weighty object) to the head between the eyes is effective. Then the head is severed. http://www.koivet.com/ Dr. Johnson. |