"nemo" > wrote in message
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> "Scott Smith" > wrote in message
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>> Cockroaches, being an insect, are also animals. Would you honestly
>> suggest
>> that it's cruel to terminate their life, too?
>>
>
> Gotcha.
>
> The latest cockroach insecticide they use makes them infertile and the
> colony dies off naturally.
>
> I don't think much of that Aussie device though which electrocutes them. I
> suppose it's quick though.
>
> What I do *not* approve of is glue traps. These are available for
> everything
> now from cockroaches to rats. How many people would have the bottle to
> dispatch a live rat stuck on a glue trap? No. They'd throw the trap plus
> rat
> or whatever into the rubbish where the animal would die a slow, lingering
> death. This is cruel and totally unacceptable.

It probably just depends on the value a person attributes to an animal
considered pestilent, I suppose. In America, it will probably be a very,
very long time before cruelty to cockroaches (or any other insect) is
outlawed, that is unless it's added to the endangered species list, perhaps.

Incidentally, what's your perspective on some carnivores (eg. wolves, lions,
etc.) consuming other animals in the wild? In your view, do you feel man
should intervene in some respect?