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Percentages of british adults who found each activity involving animals acceptable or unacceptable (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Source: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/research/empathy-index

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pleasantly surprised at how many people are against fishing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm by no means a vegan, but it has always weirded me out how people see no problem of dragging an animal out of the water by using a hook in the animal's mouth. Even weirder is it when people then throw the fish back into the sea to be "ethical". It's just plain recreational torture at that point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Agreed. I have no issue with fishing for food, so long as you put the creature out of it's misery quickly (unlike a lot of commercial fishing)... but injuring then throwing it back "for sport" seems mean.