The Animal Doctor, Dr. Michael W. Fox, December 25, 2022
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Fished as a kid with my Dad and so it was around 7-years-old, I became aware of their suffering. Never ate fishes —and that was the first leg of my vegan journey.
[F]ishing has always baffled me. You catch one on a hook, yank one up on the hook out the water and it allegedly doesn’t ‘hurt’ them?! I’ve never believed that. Of course it does!
It wasn’t until I was an adult and was out with my family fishing that it really hit me that what we were doing was extremely messed up. It was so normal to just catch fish and release them, I can’t stomach it anymore. Killing or hurting anything for sport ... Read More
The other day I told a Fisherman to respect the fish he was catching. He left a catfish to die on the beach, just feet from the ocean.He said in his broken English: “those fish are trash fish, introduced, not native,” while he stood amongst the litter and plastic thrown ... Read More
I've understood that fish feel pain since I was a kid and my brother took me fishing. I caught a fish and I screamed at my brother to take the hook out of its mouth and put it back in the water. He made me take the hook out and ... Read More
I had a bass fisher boyfriend way back ... I went once. I caught a large mouth bass. I resuscitated the poor fish and he swam away. But, I was sickened. Like, this is something that helps you? I stopped eating meat that day back in 1994. Like, justifying it ... Read More
"Carnivore, Hunter, Fisherman, Dairy Farmer Goes Vegan! Tim Kaufman's Heartfelt Story""That was just my culture, that's every friend I had, every event I did, was all based around hunting and fishing.""I was on a ton of opioids ... I was well over 400 lbs ... my life was spiraling out ... Read More
Seven years ago my daughter brought home gold fish she won at a fair. 😞 I got them a big tank and tried to give them a decent life. When I went to feed them, before I even sprinkled the food into the tank, they would swim to the surface ... Read More
"Introducing the latest revelations in animal behavior and biology, [ethologist Jonathan] Balcombe upends our assumptions about fish, exposing them not as unfeeling, dead-eyed creatures but as sentient, aware, social...Highlighting these breakthrough discoveries and others from his own encounters with fish, Balcombe inspires a more enlightened appraisal of marine life. An ... Read More
Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. Special Issue: “Wild Animals and Justice,” 2016.
"This article explores fisheries, fishes, and foundational moral theories to analyze critically whether or not piscatorial leanings are a reasoned and informed choice for environmentalists or those who are otherwise concerned about making choices in the supermarket ... Read More
Ryuji Chua: "In this video, I take a look at stories and evidence that led me to realize that fish are so much more than that. I challenge the typical fish stereotype as stupid, mindless animals to show that they are conscious beings who think, feel, and suffer, and have ... Read More
I ALWAYS hated seeing someone "fishing". my aunt in ct. used to "gut" live fish that her husband would bring home, on the front steps of our grandmother's house. i hated going there, not knowing if she would be outside, doing this....i was shocked, watching her mindlessly cut their heads ... Read More
I use to live in the projects and there was a lady there who would gut a bucket of fish every week. She came to be known as the "fish lady." Seeing them struggle like that and suffering has haunted me through the years. I was only 3-4 years old ... Read More
(8 entree portions)
2ea 12oz cans heart of palms, well drained1 sheet dry nori seaweed – toasted and ground to a fine powder¼ cup small diced red peppers¼ cup small diced red onions2 tsp old bay seasoning1 tbl nutritional yeast powder1 cup veganaise½ cup panko bread crumbs½ tsp Tabasco hot sauceSalt ... Read More
It’s amazing how little we consider the life of animals in the wild and the species we breed into existence for the soul purpose of taste pleasure. Using sensory pleasure as a justification for eating animals is what I call the “serial killer logic” because that’s what we sound like ... Read More
I don’t fish any more for its cruel.
I used to enjoy fishing until I was walking along the river thinking: "what's the point dragging life from its home?"
When you grow, how you see differently.
At our last Cube of Truth for Anonymous for the Voiceless in Nuremberg, I met an old man from Bulgaria. At first glance he looked very tough, a big guy with huge, rough hands. But when I approached him I saw tears in his eyes while he was watching fishing ... Read More