*Anatomically, physiologically and biologically the pain system in fish is virtually the same as in mammals.


*Other animals are hurt by this cruel practice. Every year, fishers leave behind a trail of tackle victims that includes million of birds, turtles and other animals who suffer debilitating injuries or slowly starve to death after swallowing fishhooks or becoming entangled in fishing line.

“Isn’t fish a health food?”
Anyone who eats fish for “health” reasons should think again: The flesh of fish can accumulate toxins up to 9 million times as concentrated as those in the waters that they live in, and the flesh of some sea animals, like shrimps and scallops, contains more cholesterol than beef. Fish on farms are also fed antibiotics that are passed along to humans, impairing the immune system. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 325,000 people get sick and some die every year in the U.S. from eating contaminated fish and other sea animals.



Lobster: BOILING THEM ALIVE -
How can that NOT be considered CRUEL?


Compared with other animal welfare issues, the treatment of shellfish has aroused very little effective opposition. They are commonly boiled alive, though for some dishes living crabs or lobsters are cut up, and for lobster mousse, the flesh is scraped out of the live animal.

Perhaps most people see shellfish as cold-blooded creatures that cannot feel pain. Crabs and lobsters in particular have complex nervous systems and there is a body of scientific research which suggests that they do feel pain and distress. Oxford University zoologist Dr. John Baker, found that lobsters dropped into boiling water, showed "powerful struggling movements" for up to two minutes and he concluded that these were not reflex actions but indications of pain.

Alternative cooking methods, claimed to be humane, have been put forward by animal welfare organizations. They involve precise techniques of piercing, cutting or freezing which quickly kill the animals, or stun them so that they allegedly feel no pain, immediately before boiling or chopping up. But even if these methods - which some experts do not accept as humane were universally adopted, shellfish would still have endure often cruel forms of trapping, transport and storage. Traps lost on the sea-bed or washed ashore onto inaccessible beaches leave their victims trapped indefinitely. Crabs and lobsters are often transported in densely packed containers and stored in overcrowded tanks with their claws tied.



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