Quite a difference between abusing an animal and dealing with it humanely.

Easy examples. When I was a kid, one of our puppies got parvo. We shot it. Was it more humane to end it, or to let it languish to death?

Had dogs come into our yard and kill our chickens. We killed the dog(s). Was it more humane to let the chickens die or the dogs? You could say it's the owners fault for letting the dogs loose. It is. But if they fuse to fix the issue.....?

Same with my neighbors goats. I've killed 3 because he refuses to fix the issue. I've killed my own cats because they swiped at my kids for no particular reason.

Nature is cruel and they will likely die in a much worse fashion than me putting a bullet through their brain

🤷🏻Law of the country as we call it here