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On Wednesday, 20 December 2017 18:32:12 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
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Tim Lamb wrote


The fishing club here have an inbuilt hatred of Eastern Europeans
based on the belief that they take caught fish to eat.


I would have thought that was the point of fishing!


In practice most prefer to torture the fish by sticking
a barbed hook in their mouth, yanking them out of
the water, putting their foot on them while getting
the hook out and then putting them back in the water.


I've not seen proper fisherman put their feet on the fish.
There's no evidence fish feel pain but they do feel discomfort.


Wonder why those who hate seeing foxes chased
by a horde of hooray henrys on horses with dogs
dont give a damn about the torture of fish.


Most do, but they can't prove that the fish feel pain which makes it difficult to ban fishing.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0808123719.htm


Fish do not feel pain the way humans do, according to a team of neurobiologists, behavioral ecologists and fishery scientists. The researchers conclude that fish do not have the neuro-physiological capacity for a conscious awareness of pain.