Why PETA Served Up Dead ‘Cats’ to Horrified Whitby Shoppers
If you wouldn’t eat a kitten, why eat a fish? That’s the food for thought a PETA supporter dished out today in Whitby – recently named the fish and chips capital of the UK – along with ‘freshly caught Siamese & chips’ at the bargain price of £6.
The provocative display challenged people’s speciesism – the misguided belief that some species are superior to others and more deserving of respect and kindness – and highlighted that cats and fish are the same in all the ways that matter.
Fish and other marine animals feel pain and terror just as cats and dogs do. We urge any Whitby locals horrified by the thought of tucking into a tabby cat to extend that compassion to all animals and please, go vegan.
Trillions of Lives
Fish share knowledge, have long memories, and maintain cultural traditions. Yet they’re impaled, crushed, suffocated, or cut open and gutted by the billion – often while they’re completely conscious. In addition, 38 million tonnes of other aquatic animals are unintentionally caught each year as the fishing industry seeks to meet consumer demand. Humans kill more fish each year than all other vertebrate animals by a long way – at least 2.2 trillion each year.
Fish are someone, not something, and each life lost to the fishing industry and horrific fish farming industry was an individual.
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