George,

I have stayed out of this until now, but it you are really concerned and
want to get rid of a fish but are squimish about it, put water in a ziplock
bag put the fish in and pop in the freezer. If you handle it put the fish
in a bowl of water and take it to the kitchen or on your back porch, pull
out the cutting board, flop the fish on the cutting board and take a big
kitchen knife and cut its head off. If in the kitchen you can just dispose
of the pieces down the garbage disposal or take it outside an bury in your
yard. Make sure you cover the carcass with gun powder or cats and/or dogs
will dig it up.

In a Brit pond book that I have they suggest wrapping the fish in a towel
and wacking it on stone pavement to dispatch the fish.

HTH

Tom L.L.
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From: "george"
Subject: fish euthanasia
Date: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:32 AM


"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
I know this thread has died, but my ISP finally got me out of lurker
purgatory so my posts could be seen again. To the statement below:

How do you think most pet shops deal
with dying fish that can no longer be saved by reasonable
treatements? Ask you pet shop owner what he does. I think you will
be surprised at the answer, if he/she will even give it to you.

I had replied several days ago:
IME, pet shops let them die in the tank. Why? The hope is some (choose
your
adjective) soul might come by and buy the fish because they think they can
"save" it. Not to mention the 2 week guarantee, so the customer isn't out
any money even if it does die. Thus, pet store fish are usually quite dead
before they're tossed in the trash. ~ jan ;o)


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


So I ask you, is this any more humane than my earlier suggestion?