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Is angling cruel?
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Here's a thorny one.
We've been having a debate about whether fish suffer when they are caught on a hook and line. Some people say they can't feel the hook, but others like me think they must do. They also have a lateral line organ along their body which is incredibly sensitive to water pressure. Surely a fish feels that when it is being handled.
There is also the fact that the fish doesn't know that it will be released afterwards ( if the angler so chooses). Surely then the fish experiences terror as it is fighting for its life. In fact, the more it fights, the better the catch is regarded.
We've been having a debate about whether fish suffer when they are caught on a hook and line. Some people say they can't feel the hook, but others like me think they must do. They also have a lateral line organ along their body which is incredibly sensitive to water pressure. Surely a fish feels that when it is being handled.
There is also the fact that the fish doesn't know that it will be released afterwards ( if the angler so chooses). Surely then the fish experiences terror as it is fighting for its life. In fact, the more it fights, the better the catch is regarded.
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I've never Fished, on principle, I think its okay if you going to eat them, but just for sport, no,
Angling is quite big where I work, and I was invited to judge a cometition, never again, to see the fish struggling, nettedm weighed, then thrown back, to go through it all again, terrible,
Then theirs the occasional 'foul hooked' fish, they say that the fish doesn't feel pain when hooked in the lip, thats possible, but 'foul hooked', is when a hook is embedded in its side, it bleeds, and is obviously in pain.
its not a sport, sport is when the opponents are evenly matched, I'm all for banning it, but it'll never happen.
Angling is quite big where I work, and I was invited to judge a cometition, never again, to see the fish struggling, nettedm weighed, then thrown back, to go through it all again, terrible,
Then theirs the occasional 'foul hooked' fish, they say that the fish doesn't feel pain when hooked in the lip, thats possible, but 'foul hooked', is when a hook is embedded in its side, it bleeds, and is obviously in pain.
its not a sport, sport is when the opponents are evenly matched, I'm all for banning it, but it'll never happen.
I think I am too soft as well Boo. I have always felt for the fish. I think they must experience real fear and I don't really understand people who just shrug and say it's only a fish.
With regards to the 'foul hooked'. I was put off fishing permanently when I went with my neighbour for the day and he landed a fish that had completely swallowed the hook. The line just disappeared down the fish's throat. My neighbour then just cut the line at the fish's mouth and threw it back.
With regards to the 'foul hooked'. I was put off fishing permanently when I went with my neighbour for the day and he landed a fish that had completely swallowed the hook. The line just disappeared down the fish's throat. My neighbour then just cut the line at the fish's mouth and threw it back.
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