AW: [RML] Euthanizing fish
Harro Hieronimus (harro.hieronimus at t-online.de)
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:37:46 +0200
There is a much easier way to euthanize fish in a very easy way (and I
also dont support the authors view that fish can feel pain in the
human sense as they lack receptors for that, they indeed can feel a kind
of chemical pain by nocireceptors): clove oil. A few drops will calm
them down to unconsciousness; a few more will let them sleep forever.
You can buy it in every drugstore or pharmacy over here and it is in
congruence with the very restrict animal protection laws we have where
you must not kill a vertebrate animal without sense or to save it from
suffering and you have to anesthetize them in advance. Unfortunately you
cant say take four drops to anesthetize and ten drops to euthanize them
as the quality of the clove oil changes and you may need more or less;
however, as its much cheaper as the recommended remedy just take a few
drops more until the fish is dead. In New Zealand they are starting to
test clove oil in trout production for human consumption. And the side
effect is that you always have a good pain killer in the house if you
have tooth pain.
Regards Harro
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Dan Drake
Gesendet: Samstag, 22. Oktober 2005 01:04
An: Rainbowfish mailing list
Betreff: [RML] Euthanizing fish
The subject comes up repeatedly on any fishy mailing list, so, against
the
next time it's raised--
There's a description of a method that I hadn't heard of at
http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/how_to_euthanize_a_fish/
The Finquel brand is available at
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12271
for USD 25 for what looks like a tiny bottle (probably 5 grams).
Obviously
those in the USA who have the proper high-level security clearance to
buy
from a chemical supply house can do better. Anyway, it looks like a good
idea.
--
Dan Drake
dd at dandrake.com
http://www.dandrake.com/
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Special circumstances, as specified in existing U.S. law, in which
torture is not illegal:
"No extraordinary circumstances whatsoever".