In Cathay we carried a lot of horses and the captain was issued with a Humane Killer, a gun thingie that fired a bolt six inches into the horse's skull. How you were supposed to position it on the currently panicking horses head, between his eyes, was beyond me. But this didn't fall to us, as we carried one or more horse handlers whenever there were horses (the handlers were a VERY interesting group of people; FE's were very tame in comparison) and only they were allowed to leave the upper deck in flight. That suited me fine.
But being a firearm you had to sign for the weapon; often in typical mangled Chinglish it was described as a "Human Killer"!
Last edited by Dora-9; 16th Mar 2020 at 07:28.