I've smashed about 15 slugs in my yard this year and salted 2. They've
chomped through too many plants this year to be shown any mercy. Baby slugs
keep getting caught in the fur on my dog's legs. It's really gross to find
them in the middle of the living room carpet. I am, however, going to
switch to beer in plastic bowls buried so that the top of the bowl is at
ground level. I'm not sure that drowning is more humane than salting, but
at least it's not pesticide.