A new bill in Congress would allow the National Marine Fisheries Service to shoot any sea lion they spot doing the unthinkable—eating. When salmon migrate up the Columbia River from Oregon to Washington, some sea lions use the opportunity to grab a couple of meals. That doesn’t sit well with anglers and the fishing industry, … Read more »
A southern California seafood vendor accused of illegally importing whale meat and selling it to sushi restaurants may be saying “Sayonara!” to life on the outside. Ginichi Y. Ohira pleaded guilty to selling meat from whales killed near Japan and faces up to one year in prison, one year of supervised release, and a fine … Read more »
The following was first published on the Huffington Post: Catholic bishops in the U.K. want to reinstate year-round meatless Fridays, which sounds great to us, except for one thing: They still seem to be hung up on the idea that fish are swimming vegetables. Clicksy/cc by 2.0 What am I, chopped rutabaga? Like all … Read more »
suckamc/cc by 2.0 Are dogs the new fire-safety experts and cuttlefish the new masters of disguise? What do you get when you cross an owl and a cat? A storybook friendship. A resourceful South Carolina dog does the near-impossible to survive a house fire. Cuttlefish give Maxwell Smart a run for his money. Losing a child … Read more »
If there is one person who can command national attention for an issue, it is “queen of all media” Oprah Winfrey. That’s why Saving America’s Mustangs, a group run by PETA supporter Madeleine Pickens, has enlisted actors, musicians, and athletes to film an appeal to Oprah asking her to help them protect the few wild … Read more »
Show of hands: How many of you know someone who has bought a fish as a “low-maintenance pet” for the kids, stuck the fish in a bowl, and then forgotten all about him or her? Extra credit if the people in question have clandestinely replaced the (dead) fish several times so as to avoid “traumatizing” … Read more »
PETA’s giant Freeda Fish was caught trying to sink a Lake Ridge, Virginia, “Fish Out.” The Lake Ridge Parks & Recreation Association dumped 750 rainbow trout into a swimming pool, and over the next week, people can catch them for entertainment. But Freeda and her pals made waves at the event, passing out fliers explaining that … Read more »
Remember the scene from Finding Nemo when the shark is reminding himself, “Fish are friends, not food?” He was right, of course, but sometimes people forget that, which is why a PETA mermaid took to the streets of Providence, Rhode Island to remind people that giving up meat for Lent includes fish too. Fish are intelligent, sensitive animals who … Read more »
Steve Roest/Sea Shepherd UPDATE: The Japanese have officially cancelled the whale hunt and ended this season early. Fans of Whale Wars have already been dazzled by the intrepid folks of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, but their latest efforts to disrupt the horrific killings of marine animals by Japanese whalers have been so successful that … Read more »
If you’re going to abuse animals, you might want to wear some protective clothing: chilewilllyy/cc by 2.0 A fed-up rooster who was forced to fight one cockfight too many picks on somebody who is not his own size. A marlin uses his spiked snout to show an angler how it feels to get jabbed in … Read more »
US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region/CC by 2.0 Two fish-farm managers have been charged with cruelty to animals after thousands of fish were found dead at a Scottish salmon farm. Authorities and the Scottish SPCA are investigating what appears to be a case of chemical poisoning. Unfortunately, cruelty is common on fish farms, and … Read more »
andreas mars/cc by 2.0 We all know about fish schools, but what exactly are they learning all day? Young fish learn in very much the same ways that human children do. Researchers presented damselfish with the scent of a predator along with the scent of a damselfish alarm cue. Later, when the damselfish met the … Read more »
New undercover footage from our friends at Mercy for Animals shows how fish in a Texas slaughterhouse meet their end. The investigator documented workers using knives to slice off fins and pliers to peel away strips of skin from fully-conscious, struggling animals. According to the USDA, the amount of farm-raised catfish—like those at Catfish Corner—processed … Read more »
