Our (slightly edited) letter appears in the online, and May 19, 2016 print edition, of the New York Times.
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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 – another cownose ray killing "contest" is set for June 26, in Solomons, MD.
I can't believe people actually think these living [animals] don't feel or have emotions!! I feel so guilty because I used to be one of these people and I never questioned it when I was little and growing up because I was told they had a 3 second memory and ... Read More
Caryn Hartglass interviewed Fish Feel's Mary Finelli on this Progressive Radio Network program.
Erickson Field (1000 Hilltop Circle), UMBC Campus, Baltimore, MD. Fish Feel had an exhibit at the 6th annual Baltimore VegFest: “a celebration of healthy, sustainable, and compassionate eating [that] explores the endless benefits of vegetarian living. This FREE event featured all kinds of vegetarian foods, live music, local veg restaurants, speakers, ... Read More
Fish Feel exhibited at the first Frederick Veg Out. Frederick Veg and their partner, Baltimore Vegan Drinks, hosted this fun event in the Frederick Historic District. It was free to attend and family friendly!
Join us in welcoming our panel of experts who will address current fishing practices.
Parade line-up position: 9th Avenue & Gansevoort Street. Line-up begins at 11 a.m.; parade launches at 12 Noon, sharp.
Host Beth Fiteni will interviewed Fish Feel's Mary Finelli and the Riverhead Foundation's Robert DiGiovanni about aquatic animal issues, on Stony Brook University's WUSB radio: 90.1 FM.
Fish Feel's Mary Finelli was pleased to again participate in this free, online event hosted by health educator Laura Christine Sainz. Others interviewed for the Summit included leading health experts, Emmy award-winning chefs, world-class athletes, best-selling authors, celebrity health coaches, prominent animal rights advocates, and others.
When I was in high school…..oh….so many years ago. Our science class
went on a field trip to the beach with our science teacher. We were in
Southern California and there were plenty of beaches. However, I now
realize, and maybe it was a sign of the times, but my science teacher
had no ... Read More
One time I was walking along the marina in Westport, WA and I watched 2
young men catch a salmon and proceed to punch [him or her] in the face
several times very hard. I left and actually got ill from watching such
disgusting violence to a beautiful creature. 😣😓😦😡 I will
never ... Read More
I would feed a puffer fish that lived under my parent's dock. He was very much like a pet and would give me kisses and swim around with me. I believe that fish have feelings.
A vegetarian spares the lives of a certain number of animals each time he or she chooses to forgo meat for vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes and nuts.
The majority of the fish we eat are not ones caught in the wild. They are farmed—confined and raised in overcrowded indoor tanks or sea cages—under the more decorous name of aquaculture. Yet, we kill billions of wild fish. Some of them end up on our dinner plates. But, most ... Read More
We waste a lot of food in the United States. We grow food at the farm that the farmers sometimes cannot sell. We lose food during processing and transportation. We overstock food at retail stores and throw away whatever goes unsold. We leave food on our plates in restaurants and ... Read More
I use to like fishing until i got older. One time i caught one and the
hook was straight through its eye. I cried. I never fish anymore and i
never will again. Just because you're a human and a fish is "just a
fish" doesn't make [them] any less valuable.
If ever there was any doubt that fish feel pain, yesterday I took my 6
year old goldfish to the vet for the first time for an internal
infection that wasn't responding to medicated baths. I have to give her
antibiotic injections and she definitely felt and responded when the
needle pricked her.
Graphic undercover footage of a killing contest that occurred on June 13 documents the horrific slaughter of cownose rays. Shot by arrows at point-blank range, the rays were then gaffed and repeatedly clubbed with bats before slowly suffocating to death. Many were pregnant, and mothers and babies were obscenely abused. ... Read More
An AP investigation helps free slaves in the 21st century.
Over the course of 18 months, Associated Press journalists located men held in cages, tracked ships and stalked refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia. The reporters’ dogged effort led to the release of ... Read More