BRL I'll give you an instance,I had a pit bitch that had a cancerous tumour on its liver and had no choice but to be put to sleep.I asked the vet if it would be ok to put her to sleep myself as it was £120 to have it done by him.He said not a problem once it was humanely done,he even told me he thought a .22 rifle was faster than his method.From that I understand it is not illegal as he would not have agreed for me to do it.If a ferret need to be PTS I use .22 shorts,made for indoor pigeon,rat shooting.Quick effective and painless.I dont agree with taping any animal on the head,it looks very