TORTOISE RECUSES TO DIE.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1923, Page 3

TORTOISE RECUSES TO DIE.

1.<.1N i)< >X. Kepi. IS. What is the best and kimle-t way to kill a tortoise? dm- of ii,e-o a: mi'll -plated reptiles i- at ptv-eiil stiifcring imm a cracked s lull. ami 1 1 1 • liumarn- owner decided it would lie ho-t 1" Put it out of its misery • ft, was a.-c.g'liu !y sci.t t i a society wltii-h make- a >; o mlit.v H painlessly destroying the unwanted ] • -1-. Alter j the officials laid bade it mi emotional farewell ami turned on the "gas." it wa- given 1 1: - ir-rmal allowance lor deg. Knife: lm-d lmmrnets oVeimil tlie door and .ailed lur ttu* nody. Th.v wc:c met by the l-ui-a-c. who v ,a- nnili-’.slo: d to com; lain a! oat H ’ draught. A 11-ally drastic let Iml dcs.was tlieii given, but the t >ri"ise ic-fii-cd to take the hint. This wa- getting a serious (and expensive! matter, so a letter wa- sent to til.- curator of reptile.- at the London y. 0.. j Ifi-eu-sing the problem yesterday, the j man of science cottle.-sod that h‘‘ tec lather balfh’d. "You can butcher a tortoi-e tr t -eve; a I ways, he said. but in this ca-e a painless humane death is needed. If yen cut the creature's he: d I.|f it w a inlet's about indefinitely. I -uppn.-e that a steam-roller is the nm-t sensible wry out of the trouble if the society Would ado: t ,udt a method." i have lc-.lid of cases where tit- hm: of a decapitated tortoise ha- inllicteu a lia-ty bite, and it is on record that the head of a snake his bitten rite: j Icing blown off by gunshot." Then- the problem tv-t- tor nv mo j meat.