Whacking an animal on the head to kill it isn't anything new. Humans do that with all sorts of other animals, including food. Some get in a dither about it, think it's inhuman, but is it any more or less human then keeping the critter bagged for a road trip to a vet to poke them?? I don't personally think so, but to each his own.
Natural cycles stop this sort of thing. Overabundance leads to more predators, disease, lack of food, etc and nature itself cures the problem. In this case humans are the predators, might seem unnatural since we do tend to consider ourselves outside nature, but it's still the same cycle. The difference is that instead of ending up with a huge boom in predator population, or a disease that spreads to other animals, or an environment shift that kills other species OR the extinction of this species... instead because it's HUMAN (not "natural") predators the killing will stop when the numbers are sane again, but will NOT wipe out the species entirely.
Don't love that they have to die, and not even for meat or anything, but compared to dozens of other species (that aren't being bred/protected thus ensured continued existence) being totally wiped out... hard to have much pity.
Natural cycles stop this sort of thing. Overabundance leads to more predators, disease, lack of food, etc and nature itself cures the problem. In this case humans are the predators, might seem unnatural since we do tend to consider ourselves outside nature, but it's still the same cycle. The difference is that instead of ending up with a huge boom in predator population, or a disease that spreads to other animals, or an environment shift that kills other species OR the extinction of this species... instead because it's HUMAN (not "natural") predators the killing will stop when the numbers are sane again, but will NOT wipe out the species entirely.
Don't love that they have to die, and not even for meat or anything, but compared to dozens of other species (that aren't being bred/protected thus ensured continued existence) being totally wiped out... hard to have much pity.