Save a fish and you save the world
Jun. 10th, 2009 06:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
raloriaI had to post this because it was all over the local news last night.
In the "they've gotta be friggin' kidding me" department...exhibit A...
PETA: Throwing fish is like throwing dead kittens From KOMO 4 News
Btw, read the comments. Public opinion is pretty clear on this.
Excerpts from the article:
SEATTLE - A PETA protest over a scheduled fish-tossing exhibition at an upcoming veterinarians' convention in Seattle may have paid dividends.
The chief executive of the American Veterinary Medical Association says they are reconsidering the demonstration.
PETA heard that the American Veterinary Medical Association asked some Pike Place Market fish throwers to be the opening act for their July 10 convention at the convention center.
"We think it sends a terrible message to the public when veterinarians call it fun to toss around the corpses of animals," said Lindsay Rajt, a PETA spokeswoman in Norfolk, Va. "I think that PETA and the public would agree with us that veterinarians should be promoting compassion and not callousness toward animals."
When asked why would there be such a fuss since the fish are already dead, Rajt replied:
"Fish feel pain and fear just like dogs and cats do and I don't think the AVMA would dare take part in the dead kitten toss. Really, morally, there is no difference between throwing around dead kittens and throwing around dead fish."
Puleeeze! They're dead for gosh sakes! Fish! Dead! And comparing them to dead kittens? Ridiculous. People don't eat dead kittens. Keep in mind that the Pike Place Market fish throwers have been tossing those fish for many years and have great respect for fish...it's their livelihood. It's also one of the first places tourists come to when they visit the city. It's a Seattle institution.
I love animals and I'm totally against animal cruelty, but this is going too far.
In the "they've gotta be friggin' kidding me" department...exhibit A...
PETA: Throwing fish is like throwing dead kittens From KOMO 4 News
Btw, read the comments. Public opinion is pretty clear on this.
Excerpts from the article:
SEATTLE - A PETA protest over a scheduled fish-tossing exhibition at an upcoming veterinarians' convention in Seattle may have paid dividends.
The chief executive of the American Veterinary Medical Association says they are reconsidering the demonstration.
PETA heard that the American Veterinary Medical Association asked some Pike Place Market fish throwers to be the opening act for their July 10 convention at the convention center.
"We think it sends a terrible message to the public when veterinarians call it fun to toss around the corpses of animals," said Lindsay Rajt, a PETA spokeswoman in Norfolk, Va. "I think that PETA and the public would agree with us that veterinarians should be promoting compassion and not callousness toward animals."
When asked why would there be such a fuss since the fish are already dead, Rajt replied:
"Fish feel pain and fear just like dogs and cats do and I don't think the AVMA would dare take part in the dead kitten toss. Really, morally, there is no difference between throwing around dead kittens and throwing around dead fish."
Puleeeze! They're dead for gosh sakes! Fish! Dead! And comparing them to dead kittens? Ridiculous. People don't eat dead kittens. Keep in mind that the Pike Place Market fish throwers have been tossing those fish for many years and have great respect for fish...it's their livelihood. It's also one of the first places tourists come to when they visit the city. It's a Seattle institution.
I love animals and I'm totally against animal cruelty, but this is going too far.
