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 know that they are fast learners with long-term memories and ... Read More
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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,” and pointed out serious environmental problems caused by fish hatcheries. ... 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, it also injures and often kills them.] Richmond Times Dispatch, ... 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 Fish Feel. Fish Feel is the sole organization devoted exclusively ... 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 extremely harmful to fish. Studies have shown that many do ... Read More
Feel article in the current (Spring 2014) issue of Pathways magazine. In consideration of this publication’s audience interests, the health hazards of consuming fish and fish oil are emphasized. Pages 39-41. Pathways is a quarterly journal and resource guide for the greater Washington DC area.
Fish Feel's Mary Finelli was a guest on Go Vegan Radio (KPFA 94.1, Berkeley, Ca.) with host Bob Linden, on the March 2nd broadcast. President of Fish Feel, Mary schools us on the many plights of billions of feeling fish – from large-scale fishing to fish farms, catch and release, ... Read More
Originally published by Our Hen House — February 26, 2014
Why don’t more people, including animal advocates, speak up for fish? That was one of the questions that prompted longtime activist Mary Finelli to start Fish Feel, an organization dedicated to ending the myths surrounding these sentient creatures, shedding light on their oppression, and encouraging ... Read More
Most of us take seafood for granted and have no awareness about the intelligence, sentience and complex social lives of fish or of the critical state of their marine and freshwater environments. All the people who eat seafood and feed it to their cats and dogs should become more aware ... Read More
Ethologist Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., a returning guest, and Mary Finelli, founder and director of Fish Feel, will astound you with their fascinating conversation with Victoria Moran about what humans have very recently learned about the lives and sophistication of beings who live in the water. December 11, 2013, podcast.
The Third Annual Bethlehem (PA) VegFest was held September 7, 2013, was a wonderful all-vegan event with an estimated attendance of 10,000 people. Fish Feel's exhibit was well received, and we made many great new contacts there. You can see our booth, which is the first one in the photo.
Fish Feel had an exhibit at this “premier national conference for animal advocacy,” presented by the Humane Society of the U.S. The 2014 Summit for the Animals, held in conjunction with the conference and organized by the National Council for Animal Protection, was also attended. The National Council for Animal ... Read More
This festival will showcase a Food Fight! cooking competition, a juggler-magician, music and speakers. As in the past 3 years, the event will start with a requiem ceremony to commemorate the billions of animals who died by human hands in this country, in the past year. This will be a ... Read More
Free, outdoor festival which features speakers, cooking demos, food vendors and free food samples, a nutrition tent, a kids activity tent, a yoga village, and dozens of other exhibitors. Related events round-out the weekend. We are committed to sharing the many benefits – to our health, to our planet, and ... Read More
Fish Feel’s Mary Finelli spoke at the New York City observation of the “annual day to commemorate the plight of animals in the US, and bring about their equal rights and freedom.” Fish Feel also had an exhibit at the June 8th event which “started with a requiem ceremony for ... Read More
Fish Feel’s exhibit at the Baltimore Vegfest was a productive one. We spoke with vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, omnivores, and a couple of “avid” fishermen. We handed out lots of literature, and many interested individuals signed our mailing list. The beautiful weather helped get the festival season off to a great ... Read More
Our colorful new Powerpoint presentation was a hit at the well-attended initial session of the Peace Advocacy Network’s 2014 Vegan Pledge program held in Falls Church, Va., on April 26th. Fish Feel’s Mary Finelli addressed the attendees, as did Gary Lowenthal (a Fish Feel board member). Mary also spoke to ... Read More
Fish Feel participated in the 7th annual Veggie Pride Parade, that was held Sunday, March 30th, in New York City. Organized by the VivaVegie Society, the parade was conducted “To set a positive example by standing proud and standing up for the veg'n lifestyle.” It culminated in a festival where ... Read More
The groups, Fish Feel and SHARK, said they would lobby the governor to stop the bowfishing tournaments. Local news channels carried footage of the ray slaughter, along with multiple warnings that the footage viewers were about to watch was disturbing. The animal rights groups also said they would lobby federal ... Read More
Finelli, who’s with a group called Fish Feel, says the contests are threatening a species. “These are very slow-generating animals. They don’t mature until seven years of age. They have one pup a year. This could very easily decimate the population,” she said.
“Any decent person that sees what’s being done ... Read More