A. No. The method of capture and killing is, to many people, pretty cruel. You cannot shoot a tiny songbird out of the sky without destroying it and making it inedible. So, hunters catch the birds using traps set in fields during their migratory season (when they fly to Africa). They are then kept in cages (and occasionally in black boxes to disorientate them), encouraging them to gorge on grain in order to double their size. It is said that Roman Emperors stabbed out their eyes in order to make the birds think it was night, making them eat even more.