The commandment concerning prevention of cruelty to Hashem’s creations is too often overlooked. Too many people take their anger out on their pets (animal and human).
In this case, there seems to have been much thought given to this process, as opposed to simply wanton killing.
Sorry, but I'm confused about your last two paragraphs where you first say "...but there was simply no better alternative. It was the right thing to do." And then you say "I don’t know if the animal rights activists consider the result of their efforts - the euthanasia of hundreds of crocodiles after several years of poor living conditions - to be a victory, but I certainly don’t.". So you are saying it was not the correct thing to do at the end? Or is it simply that the euthanasia was b'd'evid the right thing to do because there simply wasn't any other solution to be had.
The commandment concerning prevention of cruelty to Hashem’s creations is too often overlooked. Too many people take their anger out on their pets (animal and human).
In this case, there seems to have been much thought given to this process, as opposed to simply wanton killing.
Were their skins/bodies used for leather or something productive?
Sorry, but I'm confused about your last two paragraphs where you first say "...but there was simply no better alternative. It was the right thing to do." And then you say "I don’t know if the animal rights activists consider the result of their efforts - the euthanasia of hundreds of crocodiles after several years of poor living conditions - to be a victory, but I certainly don’t.". So you are saying it was not the correct thing to do at the end? Or is it simply that the euthanasia was b'd'evid the right thing to do because there simply wasn't any other solution to be had.
I may just be brain-dead, not understanding.
It was the correct thing to do at the end. The wrong thing was to outlaw farming wild animals.