Feral animals have feelings just like any other animal, including the pet cats and dogs people lavish so much attention on. Feral animals should be protected from cruelty just like other animals. Killing methods Poisons 1080 is the most commonly used poison for rabbits, pigs, cats and foxes. It has different effects on different species, with symptoms including convulsions, vomiting, difficulty in breathing, trembling and agitation. Both cause suffering before the animals die.
Strychnine is used against mice, foxes and on dingo traps.
It is a particularly cruel poison that causes convulsions and painful muscle spasms. All cause animals to become very ill before they die. Poisons are not only cruel, they also kill many non-target animals who eat baits, or who eat other animals killed by poison. They don't kill, but cause excruciating pain as they break bones, tear ligaments, and cut into flesh. Animals also get mouth injuries as they bite at the trap in their desperate effort to get free.