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.
I am going out this weekend to maim and torture sea kittens. In other words, I am going fishing on Saturday for real fish that I am going to cook in my oven with rice.
I think God is filming a comedy. It’s the only explanation I can think of.
Can we just toss some PETA members then?
the real problem is that some of their agenda is noble, but buried under this idiotic shit.
I’m sure the AVMA is not happy with the publicity. My wife, who’s a DVM, will be the first to tell you that most veterinarians truly despise PETA. The ones that embrace it tend to be fruitcakes like all the other PETA people.
Sea Kittens? I like Land Fish, they are Puuuuuurrrrfect
Won’t someone think of the fry (baby fish)?
Every time PETA does something like this, all they do is show everyone what a bunch of nutjobs they really are.
We as a society tend to disrespect and mistreat the things that provide us with sustenance.
The fact that a human could have eaten the fish seems to have gone unnoticed, but PETA people seem not to have time for the protection of human animals. I think if something is going to die to help us it should at least suffer as little as possible and be utilised for the purpose of sustenance (not idiotic sports).
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No smartalix you are wrong. Had you said that some of PETA’s goals were noble until they figured out that the extortion business was more profitable you would have been correct.
PETA has petitioned the world’s leaders to eliminate all pejorative animal appellations, too.
No longer will ass, jackass, mule, sheep, dog, monkey, goose, pig or even animal be allowed in sentences accusing a person, computer or car of being one of these.
New, respectfully neutral names will be issued after a lengthy and costly etymological study. One PETA executive has suggested simply turning the spelling backwards, but was chagrined to learn how that would affect dogs.
Up next: bacteria.
Who the eff cares??? A bunch of nut jobs telling some other wackos how to play their sport? Come on, honestly, we should go back to trying to understand why Alphie is missing most of his brain. It would be just as stupid but more educational.
Amusing!
Where are these people coming from…???
Surprisingly, many are Hollywood celebrities. Who would figure.
#13,,,, ROFLMA
Love it. Thank you.
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