When you take a look at this photograph, what do you see? It’s a stupid question, but while most of us are quick to respond with: “it’s a fish, obviously” it seems that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would give you quite a different answer. They would tell you that this slimy little creature is in fact…. a sea kitten.
Yep, that’s right, a kitten – of the sea! It’s all part of their latest campaign to re-name fish in an attempt to discourage people from killing them for food and hooking them for sport.
The organisation has claimed that if fishes’ ‘similarities’ to cuter, more popular animals were highlighted, people would be less likely to hurt them. As campaign-coordinator Ashley Byrne, points out, “who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten?”
So, if the idea were to take off, the next time you hit your local fish bar after a drunken night out, you’ll be asking for “sea kitten and chips” – with ketchup, please!
