the Clove Oil suggestion is a good one.
For Aussies, you can get high quality Clove Oil in wholesale quantities
from http://www.newdirections.com.au (and no, I am not on a kickback
from them, I know of them because they are our wholesale suppliers for
oils and incense ingredients).
And if you are of an experimental bent - New Directions also sell
Cajeput Oil in quantity (Cajeput being one of Mother Nature's other high
LD50 favourites - also used from memory in a herbal stresscoat
equivalent - good quality Cajeput is very close in toxicity to Hemlock
Oil). But there are poisons and poisons - you don't want something that
kills the fish in excrutiating agony - and I've never used Cajeput Oil
to kill something I cared about, so it might be worth sticking to the
tried and tested Clove Oil.
And if Oils aren't your thing - you can always use the freezer (despite
the dire warnings in the referred article, I still believe that this is
more humane than the old 'heel and toe' method).
Best regards, Andrew
Harro Hieronimus wrote:
> 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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> Auftrag von *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.
>
>
>
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