What is the most humane act you've performed?

Question

Did you do it out of need? Necessity? Desire? Disgust? ....or heart?

Answer 1

I don't think this qualifies as the most humane act I've ever performed (I would hope not, lol) but I was just telling someone about it, and so it popped into my head. When I was younger my dad would sometimes set up traps in the backyard to catch birds... blue jays, cardinals, chickadees, migrating finches. He had an aviary in our basement for all his parrots and would also keep some wild birds. It broke my heart to see any birds caged up... but especially these wild birds. I always asked him why he felt the need to put them in a cage when you could just go outside and see them flying around in nature, and more beautiful for it. One day I looked out at the picnic table where one of the traps was set-up and there was a little bird trapped inside, chirping and flitting about in a panic. I went out quietly and set it free... which felt so good I went and sabotaged all the other traps. My dad saw me do it and almost hit the roof. His face was so red with anger I thought he might kill me. I was a bit scared, to be honest... but it felt so good to set that little bird free.

Answer 2

There are a few that come to mind...

There was a cat rescue attempt and a proposal to help someone that was ultimately turned down, but the one that stands out is the one that actually preserved a creature's own life--

When I was 9, I was on a field trip walking with my class down a busy street when I noticed a bird just outside of the gutter and at first glace, I thought it was dead but as I got closer, I recognized it was still alive. 40 or so kids and teachers passed it before me and never noticed which I now think was kinda weird, but I did and I picked it up. It's poor little wings were fluttering, but they could hardly move. I couldn't see anything that could've hurt it but I showed one of the chaperon. She assessed that the bird might have been starving so she pulled out bread from a sandwich in her backpack and sure enough...

She held on to that poor thing and took it to the vet. It lived, and I don't remember if she said what had actually happened but it was incapable of ever flying again She kept it (even though I felt I deserved it) and she kept it in her house, named it (Perry, I think??), and brought it to school every so often so we could all go visit and see it.

Although I didn't really do anything but notice and bring it to someone's attention so they could help, I think it counts as humane, right?

Answer 3

I'm not really sure if this qualifies as humane or not, but it's what popped into my head when I read your question.

Years ago I was living in Michigan and I was renting living space from my then girlfriends' parents. Well the girlfriend was out of town one weekend, and her dog got really sick. Her father decided, "Well we need to put the dog down!" so he gets out his pistol and tells his 11 year old son that "he needs to be the one to take the dog out and put it out of its misery and it'll help him become a man!"

To make a long story short, the father and I "shared" a ton of heated words for about an hour and it ended up with me grabbing the pistol, the dog and going outside and doing what needed to be done.

When I came back in, the look on the boys face proved that I did the humane thing.

Answer 4

I gave birth to 5 girls then stayed around to raise them.I being an only child of my mother now have 26 grandchildren and 1 great grand son.raising the children I bought into the world has been my most humane act.

Answer 5

90% of the people I see walking down the road I give rides to. I can't seem to pass then up.

The people who are walking for exercise REALLY need to wear a head band or something to look more like they are excercising. I always stop to see if they need a ride, funny thing is a few of them have said yes.

Answer 6

Having been a boy scout, there were alot of things over the years. I remember saving a life of a drowning person years ago. We got him out and back to safety. Someone had tried to kill him. We never ever saw him again after that. I wonder how he had fared?

Answer 7

Dont know which would be the most humane. I give to the needy and less priviledge. I pray for them too.

Victims of war,hunger and disease I dont leave out.

But honestly what irks me most is I make the effort of being there for people who have been and still are spiteful to me financially,socially and spiritually and I dont think it normal!!

Answer 8

I feed all the cats and dogs near my house and once i saw a guy beating his horse with the whip at my riding club so i grabbed the whip from his hand and started beating him. I hate it when people are cruel to animals or children that can't defend themselves.

Answer 9

I saved a litter of kittens from abandonment, and bottle fed them from the age of 3 weeks. I kept 2, and gave the rest away.

Answer 10

Chased off a mes of dogs attacking a cat themn took it to the vet.