Acting on behalf of at least 2.1 billion sentient beings per year who are pureed or boiled alive, to little public notice, the Environmental Protection Agency on May 19, 2014 issued final rules for water use in the ... Read More
Fish Feel in the News
Coral Reef and Starfish
by Mary Finelli, President and Founder of Fish Feel
Earth is home to more than 30,000 known species of fish, which is more than all the other species of vertebrate animals combined. Fish are inquisitive, personable, and truly fascinating. Did you ... Read More
Fish Feel letter was published in The New York Times on Monday, April 20, 2015, in response to an op-ed by former fisherman Douglas M. Thompson. He noted that native wild trout have nearly disappeared due to “immense fishing pressure,” ... Read More
Animal rights representatives included Mary Finelli, founder of Fish Feel, a Silver Spring, Md., group that asks people to quit catching and eating fish. Fish are sentient creatures, and even catch-and-release fishing traumatizes them, according to Finelli.” [As noted then, ... Read More
On today’s show, we speak with Mary Finelli of Fish Feel. Mary is a long-time animal rights activist with a B.S. in Animal Science. She has worked for various animal protection organizations in the past, and is currently President of ... Read More
There are so many nonviolent ways for children to enjoy experiencing the outdoors. Fishing is not one of them (“Take a Kid Fishing,” April 13 Outdoors). Science has shown that fish can suffer fear and pain. Catch-and-release fishing is also ... Read More