It would be different if the meat was being used as food.
Here's the thing, we all get upset as hell when we see this sort of thing happening with snakes or lizards.
Just remember where that cheeseburger and chicken wings we all crave come from.
I won't go into details, just google or youtube Veal, Lamb, Beef, Chicken, Turkey, or just about every other living organism on this planet followed by the word "Slaughterhouse" and I all but guarantee you will see very similar sights.
We excuse ourselves for slaughtering mice and rats
[how many rodents per day get put down at say just rodent pro alone] so our snakes can eat, we get pissed when someone on a mouse/rat/hamster/gerbil forum calls us monsters for feeding our herps.
It's all in your perspective of what you see before you.
We see an atrocity against animals we love, They see snakes as money / nuisance / dangerous, whatever.
If you really look into the fish industry, those critters are treated as if they have no brains at all, and/or no ability to feel pain, "Fishermen" often leave them on a chain with clips to expire slowly from the gut hook... Etc.
So think carefully before you post
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