Fish Feel president Mary Finelli believes the report and recent scientific evidence should be enough to spur the Maryland government to action. "These rays have been wrongfully vilified," Finelli said. ... Read More
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"It's brutal," said Mary Finelli of Maryland-based animal rights group Fish Feel. "It's vicious, savage, sadistic. It's appalling. The government has a responsibility to protect Maryland wildlife."
Mary Finelli, President of Fish Feel said: "There is no valid justification for the vicious massacre of these gentle creatures who are merely trying to survive.”
Last Saturday, the New York outfit "American Bowhunters" sponsored a cownose ray tournament on the Patuxent River, and in the run-up to it drew the condemnation of two animal rights ... Read More
"I remember being little and my family took me to Red Lobster for dinner. When I saw the lobsters in the tank, I asked why they were there. When someone ... Read More
i was five when i witnessed fish gasping for breath and screaming with their eyes. in a bucket on my grandfathers boat. i pushed that bucket off the boat. i ... Read More
SHARK and sister organization Fish Feel have also petitioned Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton to take action against the contest and slaughter of the cownose rays.
Is the state going to act responsibly or stand by and let countless more of these animals be massacred?" asks Mary Finelli, president of Fish Feel. SHARK and sister organization ... Read More
Our (slightly edited) letter appears in the online, and May 19, 2016 print edition, of the New York Times.
Animal protection groups are asking the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to prevent bowfishers from carrying out yet more bloodbaths on native and beloved cownose rays of the Chesapeake Bay ... Read More