There is some debate going on about whether it is more humane to end the life of an animal than to let it survive on it's own. This is a hard fact of reality that some animals are tortured by their existence and that mercy may better be applied to ending it's life instead of letting it continue to suffer. That is a solution but a solution without a prevention. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is an axiom that can be applied to most anything we can imagine. So instead of "solving" our wounded consciousnesses with a mercy killing, we may better put our time toward policies that actually lead to helping these cursed beings in ways that reduce their suffering for the crime of existing. We are the dominant species at this time on this planet and although we have many problems to sort through as to our own humanity, we must be able to multi-task on behalf of our sacred animal kingdom as well. As it is natural for we humans to struggle to survive I see no difference in our lesser animals having the same prodigious nature. My own pierced emotions about the mighty struggle some of our lesser animal friends endure is not to be soothed by committing a mercy death when other options are available. Surely when an animal is wounded severely without hope of restoration then a merciful death is humane. But only in that extreme circumstance is it humane to do so. Killing off animals who we think are struggling to survive in our cement, metal and plastic world because it offends our dignity, is not enough of a reason to end the life of a being. I am not to allow my sense of dominion to ease my own consciousness because I see the indignity we place upon the lesser animals and find that eliminating them is my only conscious salve.
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