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On 26 Mar, 13:29, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:19:20 -0700 (PDT), Alistair
>
> <alist...@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: 
>
> I find it interesting that lots of people find hunting to be cruel,
> and fishing to be OK. =A0 But closer analysis indicate to me that
> pulling a fish out of the water with a hook and allowing it to die
> causes more suffering than a powerful bullet (as does sticking an
> arrow in the animal and allowing it to bleed to death).
>
> But fish don't look like deer.

The main excuse that anglers use is that 'fish don't feel pain.' As a
graduate in marine biology I can state categorically that fish do feel
pain.

A bullet can kill quickly but as few bullets ever kill instantly and
cleanly I don't think you can rely upon that line of reasoning.
Personally, I would rather die by bullet than by suffocation (I came
close to drowning once and don't want to experience that again).