11-12-2014, 07:50 PM
[quote Fin-S-Fish] I won't go as far as that fish feel no pain at all, just not on the same level. [/quote]
what is pain?
like Drew said -- fish respond to stimuli. Humans associate such reactions to stimuli by assigning categories: pain, fear, love, affection. Do fish have the capacity to assign the stimulus of being hooked to "pain"? Or does their microprocessor simply apply programing logic of "if ___ then ___"?
I don't think there is anyone here asking to allow fish, or any other animal, to suffer. However, the very sport of fishing assumes that there will be some mortality involved. The question of "how to properly kill a fish" is extremely subjective. Everyone will have their reasons for doing it one way vs. another -- just read those talking about bleeding their fish for an example.
I kill my fish by tossing them on the ice or in the snow (when ice fishing). When fishing in my boat I will simply drop them in the live well with a block of ice (no water). Occasionally I will "bonk" them on the head, or break their neck. But usually I just toss them somewhere cold and allow nature to do the rest. Poor fish. I'll bet that makes them feel bad.
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what is pain?
like Drew said -- fish respond to stimuli. Humans associate such reactions to stimuli by assigning categories: pain, fear, love, affection. Do fish have the capacity to assign the stimulus of being hooked to "pain"? Or does their microprocessor simply apply programing logic of "if ___ then ___"?
I don't think there is anyone here asking to allow fish, or any other animal, to suffer. However, the very sport of fishing assumes that there will be some mortality involved. The question of "how to properly kill a fish" is extremely subjective. Everyone will have their reasons for doing it one way vs. another -- just read those talking about bleeding their fish for an example.
I kill my fish by tossing them on the ice or in the snow (when ice fishing). When fishing in my boat I will simply drop them in the live well with a block of ice (no water). Occasionally I will "bonk" them on the head, or break their neck. But usually I just toss them somewhere cold and allow nature to do the rest. Poor fish. I'll bet that makes them feel bad.
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