30-11-2018, 12:17 AM
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Re: Are we cruel to fish?
The killing of fish has long disturbed me, and the crabs, lobsters and bigger fish like whales even more so. Fishing has been one of the main food sources in the world for thousands of years, but so have grain and rice . I eat a little fish but feel more and more guilt ridden as time go by .A few years ago, a work colleague was vegetarian and I asked her what she had for her Sunday lunch. She replied, " the same as you without the meat ". That made perfect sense .
We don't really need the meat of any animal and slaughter of any of them is pretty grotesque when we really stop and think about it.
It's always very noticeable that vegetarians and vegans are nice and slim.. If nothing else, that should be an incentive.
30-11-2018, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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The human race is probably the cruelest species on the planet - even to itself.
It is a good thing that fish aren't furry and cuddly, imagine the outcry if people caught rabbits or kangaroos with a barbed hook.
However we are omnivores, get over it.
30-11-2018, 11:43 AM
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I worked on a Spratt trawler when I left school for a year and in that time saw millions of Sprat's die on the decks of our trawler, yes to see them die a slow death is sad, but where would you begin to kill humanly a million sprats on a small working boat it would take a lifetime on one haul.30-11-2018, 11:43 AM
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Re: Are we cruel to fish?
Originally Posted by Puddle Duck
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The killing of fish has long disturbed me, and the crabs, lobsters and bigger fish like whales even more so. Fishing has been one of the main food sources in the world for thousands of years, but so have grain and rice . I eat a little fish but feel more and more guilt ridden as time go by . A few years ago, a work colleague was vegetarian and I asked her what she had for her Sunday lunch. She replied, " the same as you without the meat ". That made perfect sense .
We don't really need the meat of any animal and slaughter of any of them is pretty grotesque when we really stop and think about it.
It's always very noticeable that vegetarians and vegans are nice and slim.. If nothing else, that should be an incentive.
30-11-2018, 11:48 AM
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There's a bit more to that though, Bruce:You say -
No! we don't tear flesh off animals to eat while it is still alive nor do we drag them underwater to drown them before eating them. We do have rules about the slaughter of animals, you may not like them but we do.
Other animals do it for survival, and they haven't got any other way of killing - we have.
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And you say "we have rules for slaughter", but tell me the rules for protecting fish at slaughter then?
That is what this thread was about. Why are fish treated so badly?
Yes, it does seem barbaric they are "caught with a barbed hook" as you say, yet another unfortunate scenario for the fish which wouldn't be allowed for other animals.
So why can people do this to fish? Why can they take fish, sling them in a pile and let they die slowly from suffocation for example?
There would be a huge outcry if that was allowed to any other animal.
This is what I am on about - How fish are treated, NOT whether we should be allowed to eat them or not.
30-11-2018, 11:52 AM
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Re: Are we cruel to fish?
Originally Posted by basser
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I worked on a Spratt trawler when I left school for a year and in that time saw millions of Sprat's die on the decks of our trawler, yes to see them die a slow death is sad, but where would you begin to kill humanly a million sprats on a small working boat it would take a lifetime on one haul.
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