Do dying fish in Lincoln Park pond feel pain?

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[JoeProBono]

This would be a dreary day to be a fish in Lincoln Park's South Pond, what with the poison in the water and the sight of hundreds of your fish colleagues slowly floating to the surface.

So if you're reading this, be thankful you're not a black crappie or a largemouth bass. But, for the sake of those that went belly up on Friday to make way for a $12 million pond restoration project, ponder for a moment this age-old question: Do fish feel pain?

[JoeProBono]

Fish are removed from Lincoln Park's South Pond as part of a $12 million restoration project to restore the lake to a model freshwater habitat. Exotic species including koi and goldfish are being killed before the lake is drained and restocked with native fish.

[allmost]

I thought that this dilemma was cleared up by Cobain et al. in their landmark release. Excerpt : “It’s okay to eat fish because they dont have any feelings...” :)

[JoeProBono]

“It’s okay to eat fish because they dont have any feelings...”

Right - and they're dangerous

[smokingfrog]

Seems like such a waste. 12 million is a lot of money to spend on fish when there are so many other problems.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

Alabaman Bi-Racial Black Crappie

[allmost]

Yes the cold hearted bastards invaded thus proving that they have no feelings. Look at that poor woman :)

[G8 Diplomat]

Do fish feel pain?

No....they don't have to live under Obama for four years.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this Upper Midwest/outdoors/rural list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.

So if you're reading this, be thankful you're not a black crappie or a largemouth bass...Anyone who has ever caught one and watched it flop about on the aluminum floor of a fishing boat can surmise the creature is certainly not enjoying itself...Fish are real different from us. What matters to a fish is not necessarily what matters to us

I'm glad I'm not a fish, I really am.

What matters to me is eating them, flopping or not, which I suspect isn't a fish priority. Their priority is eating other fish, flopping or not.

This is a serious issue, soon to be addressed, I'm sure, by The One and his Chief of Staff, the Godfather of the Great Lakes. Adjacent to the Lincoln Park Pond.

Advocates say Obama will be a Great Lakes friend [godfather of Great Lakes spending $5 bil]

[George Smiley]

Do reporters have brains?

[JoeProBono]

"Going crappie fishing Monday."

"Cool. One less for me to worry about."

[Ladysmith]

You lucky dog.

[PzLdr]

The real question is, will they vote Democrat after they die

[smokingfrog]

Native fish taste better than goldfish.

[JoeProBono]

http://www.examiner.com/x-1028-New-York-Small-Dog-Examiner~y2008m11d6-Bushs-dog-Barney-bites-Reuters-reporter-and-explains-why-he-did-it

[JoeProBono]

"Native fish taste better than goldfish."

Yea but what else can they do?