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It's a fish. Are you a Buddhist?

... the shark’s is similar to most birds and mammals and can experience pain and fear in stress situations like cutting it’s oxygen supply down by dragging it tail first and, obviously, shooting it.

Please allow me to be there the next time scientists stress a shark by cutting off its oxygen supply. I would get no wanton thrill from it but would love the chance to ask them if they feel that they deserve 10 days in jail, a $2500.00 fine and months of indentured servitude for their experiment.

Have the game warden write the guys a ticket and let them pay the fifty dollars. All I'm saying is we need some common sense and sanity here.

"All I'm saying is we need some common sense and sanity here." No, I'm not Buddhist. But I don't feel that punishing an animal for fun, to include shooting it, is very close to what we should expect of humans and does not fall within common sense and sanity either. Inhumane is closer. Synonyms to that include sadistic, barbaric, severe, savage, and a whole lot more. Plus, if this is accepted, where does it stop since it was so entertaining as it was seen by youth on utube? And if the current penalty for this type of senseless display is not strong enough, how many family pets are going to be tortured because someone thought they could get away with it because it was so "cool?" No, not a Buddhist, but I'm, also, not a sadistic fiend that considers harming things for fun and opening the door for others, like youth, to follow is acceptable. Florida law 828.12 Cruelty to animals A person who intentionally commits an act to any animal, or a person who owns or has the custody or control of any animal and fails to act, which results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering, or causes the same to be done, commits aggravated animal cruelty, a felony of the third degree. In Florida. Felonies of the third degree are the least serious types of felonies in Florida, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. They got off light with a plea deal. The laws are not hidden. They are the responsibility of the people to know and stay within the laws. These guys didn’t even try and I have no sympathy for this kind of human excrement. rwood Apologize for the lack of paragraphs. Didn't write it that way and didn't expect it. Not trying to stay away from a conversation with bad punctuation.