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Activists Want Fish off California Aquarium Menu
Reuters ^
| June 29, 2005
| Reuters
Posted on 06/30/2005 8:04:16 AM PDT by Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
LOS ANGELES — An animal rights group has called on one of the largest aquariums in the United States to stop serving fish to its visitors, likening the practice to grilling up "poodle burgers at a dog show."
"It's easy to think of fish as swimming vegetables but of all the places in the country where fish should get a fair shake it's an aquarium," said Karin Robertson, manager of the Fish Empathy Project for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Robertson Friday sent a letter to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, near Los Angeles, asking directors to take fish off the cafeteria lunch menu, adding: "Serving fish at an aquarium is like serving poodle burgers at a dog show."
She said that recent studies show that fish are surprisingly "intelligent, sensitive and interesting animals" and that the aquarium was contradicting that message by cooking them for lunch.
Jerry Schubel, aquarium president, said in a statement that the facility served only sustainable and environmentally friendly fish and was committed to educating the public about conserving ocean environments
TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: activism; californianuts; environment; fish; lunch
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mmmm . . .poodle burgers.
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Fish Sandwich @ Aquarium = Slowest Swimmer.
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
The Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago has a lovely seafood restaurant. I don't think anyone has ever complained.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:06:45 AM PDT
by
Chiapet
(Cthulhu for President: Why vote for a lesser evil?)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Mmmmmm ....redfish on the half-shell for dinner last night!
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
That made me laugh!!! I wish I had the free time that some of these freaks do.
Too bad I'm busy WORKING.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:07:39 AM PDT
by
RushCrush
(More people died in Teddy's Oldsmobile than have died at Gitmo.)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:09:03 AM PDT
by
Bombardier
(If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the precipitate....)
To: TexasCajun
If GOD didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:10:14 AM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(If you can read this thank a teacher... since it's in English, thank an American Soldier!)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
said Karin Robertson, manager of the Fish Empathy ProjectWTF? What's next? Dog pecker gnats?
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:12:07 AM PDT
by
houeto
("Mr. President , close our borders now!")
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
"It's easy to think of fish as swimming vegetables but of all the places in the country where fish should get a fair shake it's an aquarium," said Karin Robertson Someone drop Karin in the shark tank.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:13:06 AM PDT
by
Alouette
(The only thing learned from history is that nobody ever learns from history.)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
manager of the Fish Empathy Project I can't think of anything more humiliating to have printed on one's business card.
To: Chiapet
The Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago has a lovely seafood restaurant. I don't think anyone has ever complained.Wait awhile.
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Do they serve chicken at PARROT JUNGLE in Florida? What about MONKEY JUNGLE?.........
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:14:39 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The Army makes the world safe for democracy. The Marines make the world safe for the Army.....)
To: rabidralph
What was I thinking? Nothing could be more humiliating than having "Chairman, DNC" on your business card.
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
So, I take it that they will also call for lions, tigers, and bears (oh, my!) to go on a vegetarian diet, in the zoos?
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:22:35 AM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
(The Democrats have the right mascot; everyone knows what comes out of an ass)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
She said that recent studies show that fish are surprisingly "intelligent, sensitive and interesting animals" So are pigs and rabbits (perhaps even more than fish) - but still tasty.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:23:35 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
( A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.- Edward R. Murrow)
To: Alouette
where fish should get a fair shakeI think the fish do get a fair shake....to get off the excess bread crumbs, before hitting the skillet.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:24:19 AM PDT
by
Paul Atreides
(The Democrats have the right mascot; everyone knows what comes out of an ass)
To: Paul Atreides
Are girlscout cookies made with real girlscouts?
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:26:49 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Your late for the meeting Karin.....
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
Guess I'd better swing by there and get a fish sandwich the next time I'm in Long Beach.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:34:46 AM PDT
by
FormerLib
(Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
mmmm . . .poodle burgers.
Eeeewwwww. Poodle burgers? How gross.
Now, poodle burgers with cheese and lettuce would be good.
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posted on
06/30/2005 8:35:37 AM PDT
by
wolfpat
(dum vivimus, vivamus)
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