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Originally Posted by Ark2
Another thing to consider is timeliness. While 3 million sounds like a lot, the reality is that this only accounted for 20% of their total stock. To delay killing the contaminated stock by using a more humane practice would have run the risk of exposing even more of the stock to disease. Killing each one with a bullet or knife would not only take considerably longer, but now you have the issue of cleaning up a highly contagious mess. To the person who suggested simply releasing massive amounts of chlorine gas into an open pit... dude...
It would be interesting if anyone here knows of a more humane yet equally effective method to exterminate such a large stock like that.
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Regardless of the cost or length of time that would take to put down all of the animals, in my opinion if you take that many animals into your "care" or business their welfare is your responsibility. That includes putting them down in a humane way.
I don't know enough about the disease to make a comment about how high the risk to humans would be in putting the animals down humanely, but that would change the situation.