In 2014 I caught a fish and couldn’t kill it. This experience made me question speciesism, and I became vegan. I became increasingly radical until a lengthy discussion with Roger Yates, a former member of the Animal Liberation Front, made it clear: non-violence and pre-living can bring about a turnaround. ... Read More

As a child I used to love fishing, I'd even play with the fish I caught like toys. But as I've gotten older, my mother introduced me to some animal rights groups she was a part of. One day after I was ridiculed for wanting to rescue a parrot at ... Read More

"When I was 8, I was punished severely for throwing trout that my father caught back into the river. I remember crying and telling him that the fish were drowning out of the water. He told me I was ridiculous...As a child I saw firthand how destructive the fishing industry ... Read More

The All Animal Channel ~ Rex Colubra June 9, 2024 https://www.instagram.com/p/C7_uhZXsPf8 "Catch-and-release" fishing is torture-and-release with the victim to very possibly die, often after lingering in agony for days, weeks, or months. That's been the fate of Elvis, as explained by Rex Colubra (The All Animal Channel (includes video): "I have been waiting to ... Read More

"I used to fish off our beach until I read research on how fish band together to help other fish survive. I found it too hard to kill them for eating. This article reminds us all of the cruelty and harm we cause for other living beings."https://www.facebook.com/DawnWatchInc/posts/pfbid0Zex8Kb4MeqLDyU4JwW2W2RPE8kb4y3EJXaLyifcUwFANbE8gck9ajzjtKufsC1G5l

What would you do if you saw a dog suffocating in a car? What if you saw a suffocating fish? Sheila Rybak explains what she did: This message is for all people who love fishing and think it to be a great pastime. Let me ask you: Have you ever held ... Read More

Anything that stops us from being our natural way of being is just wrong, and to see [farmed] fish just not being able to be fish is sad. And I don't know why people want to pay and be part of it. ~ Kate Strong, vegan triathlon champion, leadership coach and ... Read More

"Once [Kafka] went to the Berlin aquarium … Suddenly he began to speak to the fish in their illuminated tanks, 'Now at last I can look at you in peace, I don't eat you any more.' It was the time that he turned strict vegetarian." from: Franz Kafka: A Biography. by ... Read More

“I was a fisherman for most of my life, until I started diving. It changed everything. You don’t realize how beautiful and magical this world is until you start seeing it from different perspectives.” An avid fisherman until "he noticed the majority of the fish he saw had horribly disfigured faces. ... Read More

I went vegan over 9 years ago. I spent my whole life fishing or thinking about fishing. I have had so many dreams since ( nightmares) of me out fishing somewhere. I also have a lot of information about fishing techniques and places that I used to go, and even ... Read More

I guess I was lucky. When I was little I caught a fish in a pail. I liked it and didn’t want to kill the fish. My father said that was not nice to do to the fish. I never tried to catch a fish again. Esther went on to be ... Read More