PETA Campaign Pitches Fish As Smart NEW YORK - Touting tofu chowder and vegetarian sushi as alternatives, animal-rights activists have launched a novel campaign arguing that fish — contrary to stereotype — are intelligent, sensitive animals no more deserving of being eaten than a pet dog or cat. Called the Fish Empathy Project, the campaign reflects a strategy shift by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as it challenges a diet component widely viewed as nutritious and uncontroversial. "No one would ever put a hook through a dog's or cat's mouth," said Bruce Friedrich, PETA's director of vegan outreach. "Once people start to understand that fish, although they come in different packaging, are just as intelligent, they'll stop eating them." The campaign is in its infancy and will face broad skepticism. Major groups such as the American Heart Association (news - web sites) recommend fish as part of a healthy diet; some academics say it is wrong to portray the intelligence and pain sensitivity of fish as comparable to mammals. "Fish are very complex organisms that do all sorts of fascinating things," said University of Wyoming neuroscientist James Rose. "But to suggest they know they what's happening to them and worry about it, that's just not the case."
Considering that a certain someone on the ballot was doing a whole lot of flopping around, I'm sure you got confused, no worries.
Dear PETA, I will stop eating fish the same day you stop euthenizing stray dogs and quit being huge hypocrites. Oh wait. No I won't. Who am I kidding?
The smart fish is the one that didn't fall for it, hook, line and sinker. Hhhheeeeyyyyy Lllaaaaddddyyyyy!
I like mine with a squeeze of lemon juice, fresh ground pepper and a pinch of salt. I suppose this is the same people that don't wear leather and prefer to wear clothing made from synthetic materials.
Regardless of what a person thinks of PETA, the healthiness of fish has taken a large hit in recent years because of the levels of mercury and other toxins in a lot of seafood.
This whole don't kill fish thing may start out sounding silly, but let's see where it goes. Remember, nobody had much respect for PETA until it got hot girls involved in the "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign. That was a good thing. Perhaps we'll soon see some hot models in a topless mermaid campaign.
I've considered cutting meat out of my diet from time to time, but there's no way in hell I'd quit eating fish. Particularly sushi. Now I'm hungry.
The fish I try to catch certainly are smart. They only rise to the current hatch. Why don't they just munch out on worms like they did when I was a kid. That was easy to figure out. Now they have been to school or something....
When are the People for the Ethical Traetment of Plants going to go ape$hit on these cold heartless herbivores. Collard Greens are some of the smartest plants out there. I mean, No one would ever dig a dog or cat out of the ground in their prime. Disgusting!
Dogs are smarter than fish. If you give a dog a metal thing that looks like a piece of meat but has sharp hooks, I bet the dog won't try to eat it.