“These were not just animals” STUART, Florida––Florida authorities, for the fifth time in sixth years, are pursuing a case of alleged cruelty to fish, a category of offense barely recognized anywhere else. Paradoxically, four million Floridians fish, more than the fishing populations of California and Texas combined, and indeed more people than fish in any […]
What “sportsmen” say about stomping fish dumped out of a barrel
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 […]
Fish Feel––and even Donald Trump once said so
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 […]
Deadline to protect persecuted cownose rays moved to Nov. 13
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? […]
Dead shark bites New York governor Andrew Cuomo
“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 […]
Why Fish Feel?
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 […]
SHARK & Fish Feel fight “The Battle of the Rays”
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 […]
EPA urges power plants to quit cooking fish & crustaceans alive
“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 […]
Fish Feel founded to promote recognition that fish suffer
“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 […]