Maryanne Appel is a board member of Compassion for Animals, Respect for the Environment (CARE)
When I was a child, I witnessed my father boiling crabs alive. I can see them still, ... Read More
4Fishes
(the very funny and popular French actor)
I gave up fishing the day I realized that when caught the fish did not wriggle with joy.
Having kept fish (before I knew better) and scuba dived for years, I am well aware of their intelligence and emotion. I stopped eating sea life 20 years ago as ... Read More
Donny Moss is the founder of Their Turn, animal rights news/media
Growing up on the water in Miami, Florida, I thought nothing of throwing a rod in the bay and fishing ... Read More
Many years ago, I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, "I am killing him — all for the passing pleasure it brings me." Something ... Read More
Arthur Ling is the Founding Director of Plamil Foods Ltd, as well as Honorary Patron and former President of The Vegan Society
I was brought up in an orthodox meat-eating environment ... Read More
When I was a kid I was horrified to watch my father slam the fish he'd caught on the bottom of the row boat in order to 'really kill it.' ... Read More
I have just recently stopped eating seafood after years of not eating other meat, and it was the book Eating Animals that changed my perception of fishing, and the fish ... Read More
I, too, used to fish, and took pride in the number I was able to catch. I learned from my dad how to kill and clean them. It wasn't until ... Read More
I stopped eating fish too after I realised that fishes are also just like us. I saw some small fishes being protected by its mother and I felt sorry for ... Read More