Well the way I see it, Rotenone (sp?) is an approved and widely used
product for dispensing of fish, its indiscriminate in what dies and
what lives when applied, be it in a fish tank, pond lake or what have
you and it does its job by depletion of oxigen, so evidently for it to
be as widely accepted as it is, it must for the most part be
considered humane.so evidentlyu oxygen starvation is an approved and
accepted method...I could not see it to kill fish in an aquarium,.
but hey it will kill a fish and thats what this topic is about. I
don;t say I condone it or approve of it, but its a method.......
available in powder and liquid, and its available in lots of garden
centers etc as its commonly used as an insecticide.Controlled
applications in non contained waters, no control permits needed in
contained waters.....i most states. So bucket with water, that should
satisfy those that say its inhumane to allow fish to die out of water,
and apply rotenone........presto, euthanized fish.......no kitchen
utensils to clean up and no nasty skid marks on the driveway.

I can;t see it being any worse than what a lot say as to using clove
oil and vodka etc, and then freezing etc.......afterall there are
critics that say lethal injection method of execution is not as
painless as everyone says it is, so how does anyone know a fish is
actually pain free or just imopbilized when using clove oil
etc.......its a shot in the dark at best.......what ever turns your
handle.....go for it, its your life you paid for the fish its your
decision, and I am not the one to judge......

Of course I still go for baggie full of Budweiser myself!
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