As a boy, I enjoyed fishing, especially when it involved my whole family. **
Eugene Veg Education Network: What one thing from your thinking in childhood do you wish you could change? Tom: That I was so blind to the animals around me. That I didn’t see them for what ... Read More
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Bird and fish can feel pain, even as we do: So be sure that thou hurt them not in thy play." ~ Anthony Benezet, 18th century teacher, abolitionist, social reformer
https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/24599/24368
The 250 salmon farms on the western coast of Scotland may be set in one of the most magnificent wildernesses in Europe, but the farmed salmon has no freedom. A single circle of mesh measuring 40 meteres across may contain up to almost 70,000 fish; on a farm of 12 ... Read More
It breaks my heart to see fishes living their complex, autonomous lives and realizing how fragile they are in the dystopian world our misguided species is making for all species on earth. Gorgeous creatures, these wonderful aquatic beings are.
~ Karen Davis ( United Poultry Concerns )
I still can see the poor little sunfish I caught when I was little gasping in the bottom of the boat!! HORRIBLE way to die!!!
~ Janet Allen (who now runs an organic, veganic farm)
I will never understand how taking advantage of a fish's basic instinct to survive by eating by using a hook that causes searing pain followed by suffocation is considered a "hobby." This is nothing short of one of the worst forms of animal cruelty. Don't believe me? Buy a strawberry, ... Read More
Los Angeles Times, Letter to the Editor, November 17, 2023
I was at the lake with my family when I was a little kid, and somebody was casting a line and hooked me in the lip. I only have a vague memory of it, but it was not fun.
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2023
Conway Daily Sun, June 26, 2023
The other day, on a walk by the East River, I came across a man fishing from the promenade. There are usually several fishermen on any given day. As I approached, I noticed a small object in the middle of the walkway, and when I was close enough I saw ... Read More
I used to go out on fishing boats with my Granda when I was a kid, he was a fisherman, I used to watch the fish suffocate and also see them being gutted as well as see him boiling crustaceans alive. I always knew it was wrong - but I ... Read More
The Animal Doctor, Dr. Michael W. Fox, April 30, 2023
Nueva Pescanova intends to construct the world’s first factory farm for octopuses in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, the Spanish territory off the coast of Morocco. This webpage includes multiple petitions and is a compilation of information from individuals and organizations that are against bringing a ... Read More
Why could I still eat fish? What made them any less than the other animals. I’d heard 'fish don’t feel pain' and 'they just react to things,' but this didn’t track well with my own experiences ... I knew they had personality as I’d watched my own [fish] light up ... Read More
I grew up in the summers on the New England seashore. When I was a teenager, I went fishing one time. When I saw the suffering of those poor fish when I pulled them out of the water I felt sick to myself and I never did it again. That ... Read More
I stopped eating animals including fish when I was 28 and I’ve never looked back. (You can get all the protein you need from plants.)
It’s great to see the change that is happening as people embrace a more plant based diet, but we still have a long way to go.
If ... Read More
When I was little I had a goldfish (named Blinky iirc like the three-eyed fish from the Simpsons) who had some kind of swim bladder disease that caused him to become stuck floating on their side at the top of the tank, flapping his fins desperately all day to no ... Read More
I could not bring myself to share the loss. Who knew a little fish would find his way into my heart the way he did... completely won me over. I really learned a lot from him.
14 years I loved the little goldfish friend we "won" at a fair... he became ... Read More
People believe what it suits them to believe. My dad was a fisher (would take us to the pier for fun) but early on I saw [the fish were suffering]. Fish were my first exposure to animal exploitation and all these years later it's astounding that most people still choose ... Read More