<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9230097#post9230097 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rcmike
Yeah, I love animals as much as the next person but most of those PETA people are just looney. What is the difference between training sea lions and dolphins to do that and training a police dog?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9230478#post9230478 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rcmike
Probably not. I am surprised they don't protest us walking down the street. We might step on an ant or something.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9232279#post9232279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wooglin
"Fish are more than mere decorations or tools for stress relief. They are living, feeling beings capable of experiencing stress of their own. They are born to dwell in the majestic seas and they suffer miserably when forced to spend their lives enclosed in glass aquariums, robbed of their natural habitat and denied the space to roam. They must swim and reswim the same barren cubic inches, often in isolation. The largest tank in the world cannot come close to the vast oceans and lakes that are the natural homes of these animals.
Fish have individual personalities and, like humans, communicate with each other, form bonds, and grieve when their companions die. One South African newspaper even reported a touching story about Big Red, a large Oranda goldfish, who would carry Blackie, a severely deformed Moor goldfish who had difficulty swimming, to the surface of their tank at feeding times so they both could eat.
Fish communicate emotional states such as courtship, alarm, or submission through a range of low-frequency sounds. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution report that these sounds are audible to humans only with special instruments. The pumps and filters necessary to keep fish alive in many home aquariums can interfere with this communication."
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9233367#post9233367 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wooglin
I for sure dont think fish have feelings, family bonds, homes, property etc. If I thought that I could not eat meat, fish, etc.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9233367#post9233367 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wooglin
I for sure dont think fish have feelings, family bonds, homes, property etc. If I thought that I could not eat meat, fish, etc.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9234297#post9234297 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wooglin
It is instinct. From a purely biological standpoint only a few species of Animals on the planet possess the ability to think about the past, present, and the future. In other words most animals only live at the moment. There is no thinking about how things suck, where should I got tommorow, I wish I had a better job, boy my coloration sucks, I wish this dude would put me back in the ocean, etc.