Posted on 11/17/2004 1:29:36 PM PST by NavyCanDo
NEW YORK — Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish — contrary to stereotype — are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat.
Called the Fish Empathy Project, the campaign reflects a strategy shift by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as it challenges a diet component widely viewed as nutritious and uncontroversial.
"No one would ever put a hook through a dog's or cat's mouth," said Bruce Friedrich, PETA's director of vegan outreach. "Once people start to understand that fish, although they come in different packaging, are just as intelligent, they'll stop eating them."
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My God look how sensitive he is......
Quick. Someone lob a grenade.
I just had Rubio's for lunch. Yum.
LOL!
I'll alert my sushi chef to up the tuna supplies.
But if we aren't supposed to eat animals.....why are they made of meat?
Maybe that's the problem. Fish is brain food and their diet has made them dumber! Oh my gosh, it's a viscious circle!!!!!!!!!!
Going Bass fishing as soon as deer season is over. Gun season for whitetail opens this Saturday and runs through Jan 31. Dang it's gonna be cold fishing then.
Let's hope, not long. Then we'll see the Darwin's theory in action.
There's a big difference between food and pets. Fish "ain't" pets.
I usually don't like fish, but with a good soaking in malt vinegar, I think I'll do my part to annoy PETA.
Maybe I'm missing a joke here, but, if not, is THIS picture for real? Is this model really this thin? Omigod, she's been vacationing in Auschwitz. How awful! Is this real?
Mmmmmmmmmm
ok maybe this is too far, BUT I have oranda fancy tail goldfish in my pond, and I sure do love them and they are pretty smart :))
Now now...we had a lovely fish...named Flush.
You'll never guess what happened to him.
I love that thing!
Something seems fishy about this story. At first I swallowed it, hook, line and sinker, but now that I think upon it, it doesn't pass the smell test. Oh well, I better clam up before I really get myself in trouble.
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