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[belorn]

When animal smugglers are caught at the border, the police has to handle the animals. They can't release them into the wild, they can't repossess and sell them because of the unknown health risks and costs, and they can't keep them at the border for all time. The most common result is thus to kill them.

Similar when there is an dangerous pandemic among animals, the most common response is to kill all the sick and those close by. Culling is the most common response to bird flue.

For obvious reason we do not treat humans in the same way, and it would be extremely inhumane to do so.

[wyre → belorn]

The argument is that it is also inhumane to kill these animals.

[ddoeth → belorn]

Yes, they kill them, but the meat is burned or otherwise destroyed, it is not going to be eaten.