https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/16838/humane-killing My sister is travelling round Australia at the moment. She posted a picture on facebook of cane toad racing and a friend replied with this link: How can this be true? I thought that it was a well accepted fact that freezing was far from humaneen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/100198?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:10:24 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:034bc404-b545-47e8-be4f-d37720f2a7acGlen McIntosh<p>WA is, typically, a little bit out of date.</p> <p>Here is the current gold standard in humane cane toad dispatching methods:</p> <p><a target='_blank' target="_blank" title="http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-most-humane-way-to-kill-a-cane-toad_299.html" href="http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-most-humane-way-to-kill-a-cane-toad_299.html">http://kb.rspca.org.au/What-is-the-most-humane-way-to-kill-a-cane-toad_299.html</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/100194?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:56:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:76092071-f463-4f85-aea5-33ec06981734Evelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Michael Woodhouse&quot;]I&#39;m not sure why a shovel not the method of choice..........[/quote]</p> <p>Cos the poison would splatter around? I was thinking suitable length of two-by-four, myself.</p> <p>I&#39;m no veggie, but I refuse to eat lobster or crab. Americans think I&#39;m crazy.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/100191?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 07 Nov 2013 23:40:59 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:0d64fc11-78ba-4371-ab72-82be8177193cMichael Woodhouse<p>Decided it was cruel by whom?</p> <p>Still the recommended procedure for live lobsters.&nbsp;</p> <p>http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/lobster</p> <p>I&#39;m not sure why a shovel not the method of choice..........</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>