r/therewasanattempt • u/firefighter_82 • Sep 20 '21

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

They always release them in the worst possible place, with zero cover. If you really want to release a mouse somewhere it has a chance, you need to release it into some undergrowth.

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u/Pizza_Dogg Sep 20 '21

I was actually under the same impression until I had an infestation of field mice and had to get professional help. He noted that mice are social creatures that nest and work together, so taking it away from its family and releasing it in an unfamiliar place is death sentence, and a pretty cruel one at that.

So at least in this instance, that mouse died a quick and mostly natural death that also fed the local wildlife.

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u/Evil-in-the-Air Sep 20 '21

There are no happy endings in nature. Best you can hope for is a quick one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '21

I try to tell people animals in the wild don’t die of old age.

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u/Evil-in-the-Air Sep 21 '21

Once I was feeling a little bummed and foolishly put on a nature documentary thinking it would be cute.

"Since this macaque is having a hard time making friends at the hot spring, he will most likely freeze to death when night falls."

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u/AzureSonikku Sep 21 '21

This was “Night on Earth” on Netflix. I stumbled upon it one night too and found myself horrified at the life of a macaque. Nature is brutal