I understand your position, it’s a valid one, especially in a hobby like this where they can be used as a prey item.
For me, personally, even if they were fed, it just rubs me the wrong way that someone was so intent on being the first to have something new that they destroyed perfectly healthy animals, regardless of if they ended up going to waste or not. I’ve noticed that the reptile community in general can be rather secretive about new morphs, and in the end it ends up causing problems, i.e. when people hide that a gene produces defects, etc. I’m just hoping for clarification, overall.