A two point response about the book, Wringer, Chapter 8?

Palmer is upset by the Pigeon Shoot, which is held on the final day of the Family Fest. His first memory of a pigeon shoot is when he was four years old, when his mother told him that the wringers were doing their jobs by putting the pigeons out of their misery. Even as a four-yearold, Palmer couldn't figure out why there wasn't a better way to relieve misery. He also learns that his father once won the trophy for shooting pigeons, and that his father was wringer.... something that horrifies him.

Secondly, although he cannot rationalize it, Palmer doesn't understand why the money used to buy the pigeons cannot be directly donated to the park maintenance fund..... which would eliminate the need for killing.