Being a hunter, I've learned that there are instances where I have had to put an animal out of its misery. We always, always, try to make a clean shot on the animal and if we can't, we don't take the shot. The animal having a quick and painless death is our number one priority. I would never hesitate to put a baby chick out of its misery, despite how hard it may be, because it's a baby animal. I've had to kill 3 young cockerels, all were in advance staged of cocci. One was taking its last breaths and the other two were close behind it. I wish I could've caught it before it came to that though. We brought them to a stump and quickly severed the head of each one. All passed instantly. We buried them in the yard and it still upsets me. I never get enjoyment out of taking a life. Where I live and the financial situation we are in, it requires us to have an outside source of food, rather than having to buy all of our food. We take animals to survive and we respect the animal, and make sure the death is dignified. No animal deserves to have any death by another being that isn't anything short of painless and instantaneous. That's what I grew up learning, and that's what I'll continue to live by. Any passing done by me will never be an animal thrown in a freezer, suffocated or attached to a car exhaust, but that's just me.