cruel thing to do

[red rock]

now thats fresh just a question here??? does anybody feel sorry for the lugworm or ragworm or even the crab they stick a bloody great hook in when its still alive.that vid might be a bit over the top but its their culture and its what they have done for thousands of years.

 

[Nelson]

You have a point sir!

*Ahem* Factory Farming

I haven't looked at the thing yet as I'm having a bit of a whitey.

Yeah we eat oysters alive but they die instantly, this fish was scaled and was definately alive throughout the whole procedure. To me this is wrong, anyone would be locked up if this sort of cruelty was inflicted on a DOG.

 

[Nelson]

now thats fresh just a question here??? does anybody feel sorry for the lugworm or ragworm or even the crab they stick a bloody great hook in when its still alive.that vid might be a bit over the top but its their culture and its what they have done for thousands of years.

Even though the post i have just written may sound totally contradictive I can put a worm on a hook without any feelings and since reading this post do feel sorry for the worms but I must say the worms that we use (or most of us use) have been sitting without food or moisture in a tub so they cant be in a fully conscious state when they come to the hook.

 

[CHOPPER]

The central nervous system of a worm or indeed any invertebrate is far too simple for something to be interpreted as pain, they may feel something is changing, but it certainly wouldn't be interpreted as pain! So i don't think you need to loose any sleep over it!!

 

[mark]

but no-one has a problem with buying dutch bacon.. from a pig that has been intensively reared in a box in which it can neither turn round nor lie down, has never seen daylight and is fed an enriched gruel of hormones and fattening agents... and with christmas coming up you really wouldn't want to see what bernard matthews does to his turkeys


an oyster will be alive until its been chewed to death or if swallowed whole till the stomach acids start to dissolve it

I guess as 'uman beans its down to whatever one person feels comfortable with, or their conscience can handle.

my conscience tells me not to attempt to catch anything I'm not prepared to eat (top tip: never, ever, under any circumstances try to eat sand eels or launce - not pleasant)

nearest I've come to this though is mackeral on the boat, knock a fillet off one side, thin slice of the fillet, little dab of english mustard (every bit as good as wasabi) bit of sweet soy sauce and you've got sashimi that the japanese would pay big money for.

get the whole process completed quick enough and the slivers of fish will still be twitching as you at them

 

[CHOPPER]

Love Sashimi (tuna definitely my favourite) and yeah i really do not want to know what Bernard Matthews does with his turkeys, the rumours about mr Kipling were bad enough!!!