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What “sportsmen” say about stomping fish dumped out of a barrel

June 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fishers fight over sadistic display              KALISPELL,  Montana––Shooting fish in a barrel,  long a metaphor for the most unsporting forms of hunting,  has a correlative at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s,  a Bass subsidiary since 2017. To hook children on recreational killing,  Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s stores from time to time offer free access […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Wildlife Tagged With: Chris Hughes, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Michael Johnson, Whitney Trainer

Fish Feel––and even Donald Trump once said so

May 3, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Concern for fish suffering rises worldwide          SILVER SPRING,  Maryland––Suddenly voices are rising on behalf of fish,  including one of the most surprising of all. Yes,  that was the voice of U.S. President Donald Trump,  rarely known to express concern or compassion for anyone who doesn’t support him,  discussing a People for the Ethical Treatment […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Fish, Fish, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Marine life, Meat issues, Pacific rim, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Cait Newport, Christos Ioannou, Donald Trump, Evan Byrnes, Howard Edelstein, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Richard Jones, Rob Stewart, Steve Hindi

Deadline to protect persecuted cownose rays moved to Nov. 13

November 10, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Harmless to humans,  shark relatives are frequent victims of killing contests ANNAPOLIS,  Maryland––What’s harder than getting people to recognize cruelty to fish? How about getting people to respond within just a 72-hour time span on the morning of a closely and bitterly contested national election to a state regulatory proposal to partially protect cownose rays? […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Fish, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Fish Feel, Howard Edelstein, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Rona Kobell, Steve Hindi

Dead shark bites New York governor Andrew Cuomo

August 30, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

“Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth dear, & he shows them pearly white…” LONG ISLAND,  New York––New York state governor Andrew Cuomo, and his brother,  CNN New Day morning news anchor Chris Cuomo,  on August 28,  2016 put killing sharks at the top of the news the next morning by tweeting to the world […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Laws & politics, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, Chris Cuomo, Karl Mathiesen, Lewis Pugh, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Oliver Milman, Rona Kobell, Steve Hindi

Why Fish Feel?

August 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Rediscovering long submerged origins ALEXANDRIA,  Virginia––The Showing Animals Respect & Kindness booth in the main hallway at the late July/early August AR-2015 conference was a crowd-stopper. Featured were one of the SHARK drones,  one of the most powerful lenses outside of top-secret military use mounted on a tripod,  and SHARK founder Steve Hindi,  with fellow […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Crustaceans, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Middle Left, Fish, Food, Humane history, Marine life, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Culum Brown, Fish Feel, Henry Spira, Mary Finelli, Merritt Clifton, Peter Singer, Redouan Bshary, SHARK, Steve Hindi

SHARK & Fish Feel fight “The Battle of the Rays”

June 18, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

The so-called “Battle of the Rays” was not really a battle at all PATUXENT, OAK ISLAND, WASHINGTON D.C.––On Saturday, June 13, 2015, dozens of men pointlessly killed perhaps hundreds of harmless cownose rays––among the smallest and most innocuous members of the shark family––near the mouth of the Patuxent River on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Hosted by […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Fish, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Hunting practices, Killing contests, Laws & politics, Marine life, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: " Robert Fisher, "Battle of the Rays, cownose rays, Mary Finelli, Patuxent, Steve Hindi

EPA urges power plants to quit cooking fish & crustaceans alive

May 27, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“You have to look at the impact on aquatic life”             WASHINGTON D.C.––Acting on behalf of at least 2.1 billion sentient beings per year who are pureed or boiled alive,  to little public notice,  the Environmental Protection Agency on May 19, 2014 issued final rules for water use in the cooling systems of electrical generating […]

Filed Under: Crustaceans, Fish, Marine life, Wildlife Tagged With: EPA, Mary Finelli, Nancy Stoner, Roger Witherspoon

Fish Feel founded to promote recognition that fish suffer

March 2, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

“Fish are sentient individuals”             Your discussion of the 2010 Guardian article “Peter Singer speaks against cruelty to fish” (http://www.animals24-7.org/2013/11/22/peter-singer-s…ruelty-to-fish/ ‎) was much appreciated.  Fish are sentient individuals,  as has been scientifically shown.  Among other important qualities,  they are perceptive,  communicative,  and personable.  For example,  groupers use body gestures to invite eels to […]

Filed Under: Fish, Letters, Marine life, Opinions & Letters, Wildlife Tagged With: Fish Feel, Mary Finelli, Peter Singer

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