Hmm... well, I'm not that familiar with Buddhism, so
I'll just have to say this is Bethanyist philosophy.
Practical, no. Idealistic, yeah. I'm only 30, so the
whole idealism thing hasn't gone away yet...

:)

It may just be that I'm endangering my entire future
here as a museum curator, but I'm firmly believe there
have got to be non-sticky trap, non-poisonous ways of
discouraging "pests." There are the basics - lots of
human activity in storage areas, extra careful
housekeeping, regular monitoring, - and there are the
not-so-basics, like high-frequency sound and
structural repair. "Have a Heart" and transport those
animals to the local wildlife sanctuary. Nature's ways
are a-okay, but our placing paper, cloth, and wood
over life can't possibly be right.

Bethany (I'll be awaiting your shipments) Rutledge
Director of Collections & Exhibits
Thornton W. Burgess Society
East Sandwich, MA

--- Chris Taylor-Atchison County Historical Society
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> OK by strict definition, or Buddhist philosophy,
> mice are sentient
> beings? Okay, by this sentiment then, the next time
> I catch a mouse I
> will ship it off to live a long and healthy life in
> your museum.
>
> TIC
>
> I'm not hearing anyone standing up for freeing the
> trapped bugs from
> this horrible glue traps. I don't imagine many
> people are too fired up
> about slathering a spider with mayo to get that 8
> legged creature free
> to live free from pain and fear (I do not know of
> many humans completely
> free of pain and fear, especially if I knew people
> were out coating mice
> with mayo- that is a pretty frightening thought to
> me).
>
> Now to truly keep mice in a state where they are
> free of fear or pain,
> we should bring them all inside, so those other
> beings that trample mice
> rights, that live outside, such as snakes and birds
> of prey, will not
> inflict their own brand of population control. Let's
> see eaten alive by
> a snake or owl or poisoned by a glue trap or mouse
> bait...which would be
> less a cause of fear or pain?
>
> Now just because I am full of Xmas. cheer, I will
> invite the wrath of
> Museum -L and suggest poison bait (put out so
> humans, cats and dogs
> cannot get to it of course) as a humane way to rid
> yourself of museum
> dwelling mice, especially if you are in a drafty
> stone depot just a few
> feet from active railroad lines which without fail
> tend to spill out a
> nice dusting of corn each fall.

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