Veterinary group rethinks fish toss in Seattle
Seattle’s famed fishmongers may be tossing rubber fish instead of real ones at a national veterinary association’s convention next month following complaints from an animal-rights group.
American Veterinary Medical Association chief executive Ron DeHaven said the Schaumburg, Ill.-based organization had thought inviting one of Seattle’s top tourist attractions — the fish-throwers at the Pike Place Fish Market — to the event would be a great “team-building experience.”
But after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals raised concerns about the ethics of using dead fish as props at a veterinary event, DeHaven said the AVMA would explore other options, including an alternative PETA suggested: using rubber fish.
“If there is criticism that we’re being disrespectful, we need to be sensitive to those concerns,” DeHaven said Tuesday.
Yeah, just think of the feelings for the families of the dead fish being tossed around like so much, uh, fish. Hey, DeHaven, grow some nards for godssake.
Found by Meetsy.
The guys who work at the Seattle fish market have more respect for the fish they sell than any one of these PETA f kheads will ever have for any animal.
“and they swam and they swam all over the dam…” Are we still allowed to sing that song?
Is spelling fish as “phish” disrespectful too?
I’m generally not a fan of PETA, but in this case the AMVA is acting even dumber. Throwing around dead fish at a conference for people dedicated to providing medical care to animals? WTF? Did they really need PETA to tell them that was idiotic? John, I think you should pause for a moment and consider how you would have reacted if they were throwing around any other species of dead animal.
alex, are you completely clued out?
The fish market is a “world famous” attraction that any normal human would love to visit, so short of simply not going to the fish market, there is no option here.
For them to go to a world famous destination and ask that the normal operations be changed for the sake of a few picky loose-screw vegan idiots is simply not on. They should all go to some compound somewhere and enjoy each other’s company.
The people at PETA are um… words escape me. They worry about the feelings of dead fish, and refuse leather. May be vegans and yet have pets that require meat to live. Others eat flesh but demand the human treatment of their hamburgers and chicken nuggets. They also want to castrate/neuter most pets which isn’t going to be all that happy, happy, joy, joy for the victim.
Why do people continue to treat the insane rantings of Peta as anything other than the weird fantasy of coked-up, anorexic celebs?
Everytime you throw a fish (or m@$terb@te), God kills a kitten. So there.
The only person I’ve ever sent a computer virus to was a PETA person. They were verbally abusive and wouldn’t leave me alone, however much I asked them to go away. After I sent it I never heard from them again…good riddance.
I applaud PETA for suggesting an alternative team building activity other than throwing dead animals around.
They also came up with a great compromise in suggesting rubber animals instead of dead animals to toss. In that way, those conservative values can be maintained and even easy cleanup afterwards.
how the hell can they suggest rubber fish? Rubber is made from crude oil which is made up of dead animals a nd plants that got trapped under rocks for millions of years… So at the end of the day rubber=dead animals………
So nutcases get a life and I wish all PETA a speedy recovery from all mental illness
#28,
Everytime you throw a fish (or m@$terb@te), God kills a kitten. So there.
Well that explains the lack of kittens in Alphie’s neighborhood?
Suddenly I feel like some sushi. Thanks for the suggestion PETA
Does this mean the banning of the Fish Slapping Dance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s
Does this mean the banning of the Fish Slapping Dance?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s
In the interests of full disclosure, I belong to People Enjoying Tasty Animals, fried, baked…ect.
However, it seems unseemly, wrong to disrespect the life that serves as our food.
Its not a question of their feelings…its a question of us respecting life…honoring it…
All life is certainly beyond our ability to create…that alone should inspire respect.
Hence I agree the practice should cease…but for entirely different reasons than PETA.