Hard to Believe ....mans best friend as bait

[Billo]

Fishing gone wrong !! >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

QUOTE :

The RSPCA is shocked and appalled at the use of live dogs and cats as bait in shark fishing, reported recently on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.

It is understood that stray animals are rounded up by local fishermen for the purpose.

RSPCA International senior programme manager Paul Littlefair says: "This is one of the most disturbing practices that we've come across. The use of a live animal in this way, apparently involving the binding of its legs with wire and piercing of the muzzle with large hooks, is unjustifiably cruel.

"Given Réunion's status as a French overseas département, we strongly urge the French government to take immediate steps to enforce its animal protection legislation and end this inhumane practice. Members of the public should address their concerns to the French embassy to help bring this cruelty to an immediate halt."

[Billo]

http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/RSPCARedirect&pg=sharkbait

[philip_thomson]

:o >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( :'( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( :o

[Scott15]

thats sick!!!! :o :o >:(

[warrior]

just return the favour,stick a hook thru their muzzle and toss them in

[mackmauler]

bridle rigging ay, :o

[damons33]

and 20,000 dead pakis/kasmiri's/indians, in an earthquake doesn't get a mention!
wheres' the yanky's now?
wow i hope i'm reborn as a dog owned by billo'
hahahaaaaaa.
damon

[fishingnottake]

that pic is out of context it is of a dog that hooked itself trying to steal bait, it appeared in a vet journal about three years ago, there's some more info on the story behind it here http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/sharkbait.asp, i emailed the rspca site about that photo yesterday and it;s still up but naturally they'd havce to investigate it for themselves, but i gotta say i don;t see the point of using dead dogs for shark bait anyway, can;t see how it would be any better than more traditional techniques,

[Billo]

now youput it in that contex and further investigation of the photo , looks like it could be unrelated ....look like grannies hnds more then fisherman hands at close inspection

seriously though , the thought that actually happening no matter in what numbers is :-? :-X

[fishingnottake]

yeah i agree any sort of pointless cruelty like that really gets to me, i agree with warrior put a hook through them see what we catch, that being said there's an awful lot of cultures that think it;s fine to skin dogs alive for when preparing them for food, etc,

[Kiktz]

Straight out shoot the ba$tards [smiley=rifle.gif] [smiley=rifle.gif] [smiley=rifle.gif]

[scuttlebutt]

I'm not wanting to get into an argument, but which cultures skin dogs alive for food, and why would anyone want to, considering it would be a lot harder to skin a live dog than a dead one?

cheers,

steve

[DaveSue_Fishos_Two]

Cruelty to any warm blooded animal is sick and perverse.

Dave

[Fishinmishin]

I found kitties worked well in croc country :-X.
Cheers, Jay

[raefpud]

if they are french they wont listen to a thing anyone else says, bit they might listen to Jay and his viusals - hehehehe nice one jay, ur pics always crack me up

[NeMo84]

agree with kiktz, shoot em and let god sort em out, i dont know about the live skinning but i know for a fact in Korea they hang them up by the neck and let them flop around a bit before putting them out of their misery, they claim the meat tastes better if the animal is aggrivated before its killed, some fluid that is released like adrenalin or something is the reason, maybe if ur starving but if not leave the dogs alone i reckon. I remember in the last world cup(soccer) in korea and japan the Spanish team adopted a dog from the slaughterhouse and made it the team mascot before it was eaten...its an interesting world we live in:D

[NeMo84]

vietnamese also like they're dog, they have a meal where they get what looks like a pizza base, and cover it in dogs blood like we would use tomato paste, and thats it, my mate calls it "Vietnamese Pizza", wild people over there i tell ya, has anyone ever seen snake wine?

[Pwoida]

Looks like its probably true according to this:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_dogs_shark_bait.htm

[szopen]

Well,

Here in China dogs, cats, snakes, bullfrogs and a lot of other things are on the menu list.

Snake wine.
Everywhere, sometimes with added flavours of scorpions, lizards, bull or deer ##### as well. It is just that this stuff is made with chinese white liquor and as such undrinkable.

[S.S.]

maybe we should export our cane toads to China? ;)

[szopen]

We have actually discussed this idea somewhere here a while ago ;D ;D ;D

Imagine working on a ship carrying a full load of live cane toads.

[gunna]

Saw a show on TV about gourmet cooking in China. They were at some 5 star restuarant. Took a live fish out of the tank - straight into the wok for about 30 seconds either side then onto the plate. Poor bloody thing was gasping for breath on the plate as the commenced eating it. A delicacy apparently :o :o :o

[Elysium]

who needs cats anyways...seems like someone has finally come up with a good use for them!!!!

[szopen]

Gunna,

I must admit that in my 10+ years here the only fish with guts cooking I have seen was with some small minnow type ones dumped into a soup.
A bit not on my side of edible.

All the big fish are gutted.

But the truth is that especially in the south they take care that the food is as fresh as possible.

On a second thought if you would include prawns in the broad "fish category" the "Drunken Prawns" would classify as eating "live" food.

They wash them clean, place in a glass bowl with a very heavy lid (when drunk they do jump really hard), than pour a good sized glass of vodka, quickly cover the bowl, hold the lid tight, wait unitl jumping inside ceased and serve.

Eaten with fingers, break the head off, peel the shell, dip in soy and wasabi like sashimi.
It is actually really good.

[ba229]

Not being smart here but whats wrong with other countries eating food that you yourself consider aweful?

Anyone here eaten pig lately? pork chop maybe? bit of bacon with eggs for breakfast?

Other cultures consider pigs to be filthy and disgusting to eat. Plenty of people here in Australia also believe this.


Why is it ok to eat a baby cow but not a dog?

Before I get labelled all things including Hippy, vego or greenie tosser I love nothing better than to hoe into a huge steak or half a pig on toast with eggs.

[stingermuz]

who needs cats anyways...seems like someone has finally come up with a good use for them!!!!

Didn't take very long did it? Lions and Tigers are the most useful of all obviously, although Ocelots are my favorites.