The story doesn't mention PETA ...
And no, it's not getting ridiculous. If there's a way (as mentioned in the article) to kill these creatures that may be less painful to them, then by all means it behooves us to at least use that method, at least try to be more humane.
Even many predator animals try to make their kills swiftly and (although I'm sure they're not actually thinkng about it) as painless as possible.
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