Re: NANFA-- Re: PETA & Fish Pain Theory

Harry Knaub (harryknaub_at_suscom.net)
Mon, 5 May 2003 22:22:49 -0400

Jeff,

I think that we do. At least for harrassing hunters.

Harry Knaub
York, PA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Fullerton" <tcmajorr_at_westol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 3:27 AM
Subject: NANFA-- Re: PETA & Fish Pain Theory

> > Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 08:45:01 -0400
> > From: "Nick Zarlinga"
> > Subject: NANFA-- Anglers carp at 'fish pain' theory - Apr.30, 2003
> >
> > To: Aquainfo list
> > Re: More grist for the fish pain material mill
> >
> > http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/04/30/fish.fear/index.html
> >
> Generally I'm too busy to go angling but for the sake of woo woos from
> PETA I will set aside time to go angling for bluegills at Cranberry
> Lake. And I will cook them up in my turbo cooker and savor their steamed
> flesh as it melts in my mouth!
>
> Or how about bow fishing for carp or gigging suckers? My uncle used to
> do the latter years ago. Said they were quite tasty too and it's still
> legal here.
>
> Seriously I don't know if they have a similar law in Pennsylvania but on
> our recent North Carolina trip I noticed in the reg booklets we got with
> our licenses that it is illegal to "harrass anyone who is harvesting
> natural resources" which sounds like serious anti-harrassment
> legislation to me.
>
> That's one law I can live with!
> If they don't have something like that here, we'll have to settle for
> throwing the dingbats in the drink!
>
> Hope they can swim.
> Or maybe not.
>
> Jeff

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