Deformed ball python

[satomi325]

While I agree with everyone on here that the snake would probably be best off if it were put down....

Is it morally okay to take an animal, promising to give it a good home when you fully intend to kill it?

Although we think we know what's best for the animal, it's not our call to make right now. It's someone else's pet and they(supposedly) have been caring for it for some time and are making an effort to find someone else to care for it. They are not looking for someone to kill it.

Not that it's not "the right thing to do" to euthanize any animal for quality of life issues... but really, we could extend that to some of the PETA folks who would happily "adopt" free pets from any of us and put them down because "wild animals cannot be happy in captivity".

Just my $0.02.

In this situation, I personally think its morally fine to take in this animal with full intention of euthanasia. The snake cannot eat or thrive on its own without aide due to the deformity. The owner has no intention of euthanizing the animal himself and is deluded that it is humane to let this snake live with a poor quality of life. Being syringed food is no life. Being able to only eat very undersized prey at best means it will either be stunted or vastly underweight.

Comparing this to PETA is ridiculous. PETA takes in HEALTHY animals with NO issues, then puts them down. Those animals are not handicapped so much where they need to be spoon fed their meals to survive. If they were, then I don't see a problem. But unfortunately, they are not. They are generally healthy animals with no issues.

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