I'm sure we've had different experiences, but I wouldn't feed it to a dog. They might get a taste for it and try getting the other ones.
Plus, this is just for me, but I tried saving a baby rabbit from my outside cat and it would have lived if my dog hadn't LITERALLY CHUCKED it around
Also I think that it's spirit would be more peaceful buried or outside
Yeah the point about feeding it to your dog could be an issue. We only feed our dog dog food.
I guess i assumed that they already decided to feed the baby to the dog. Our neighbor feeds meat to their German Shepards, I would gladly give them the scraps after if processing our friers. Or to a dog musher.
I have no problems with folks who grow rabbits for their dogs, reptiles n such. As long as it's not a slimey rabbitry.
I'm pretty certain that the folks on this site take humane care of their livestock and raise healthy animals.
This is a good discussion because it is a part of the process and good thoughts