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Dogs as shark bait
Doesn`t this just make your skin crawl?
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/1 0/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/1 0/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html
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Lonnie, from reading the article I get the impression that the dead dogs they used were dogs specifically killed for that very purpose, which in my eyes is wrong.
This is the 2nd news article today regarding animal cruelty that I've responded on. We really do live in a sick, twisted and cruel world.
Lonnie, from reading the article I get the impression that the dead dogs they used were dogs specifically killed for that very purpose, which in my eyes is wrong.
This is the 2nd news article today regarding animal cruelty that I've responded on. We really do live in a sick, twisted and cruel world.
I have no problem with humanely killed dogs being used as bait.
Shark hunters already use seafood as bait in the US and Australia...however I clicked on a link within that story and saw a photo of a dog with a huge hook through it's snout.
That, for me, is just horrible...I don't like dogs, never have, but being brought up in a society where I view them as pets...it just seems really, really, really cruel.
Lonnie - I have to disagree with your comparison between dogs and worms.
A whole different kettle of fish...!
Shark hunters already use seafood as bait in the US and Australia...however I clicked on a link within that story and saw a photo of a dog with a huge hook through it's snout.
That, for me, is just horrible...I don't like dogs, never have, but being brought up in a society where I view them as pets...it just seems really, really, really cruel.
Lonnie - I have to disagree with your comparison between dogs and worms.
A whole different kettle of fish...!
As a vegetarian I do not like the idea eating flesh start and finish.
I share my house with a dog and she is as important as any of the rest of un non hairy family
However if you are going to fish, what is the difference between using any animal as bait once they are dead. Why as far as I am concerned you could use dead humans. Personally I wouldn't breed any animal to use as bait because I do not agree with the catching and then eating of fish. But, if eating flesh floats your boat why does it bother you if they are cute little maggots or cute little dogs?
I share my house with a dog and she is as important as any of the rest of un non hairy family
However if you are going to fish, what is the difference between using any animal as bait once they are dead. Why as far as I am concerned you could use dead humans. Personally I wouldn't breed any animal to use as bait because I do not agree with the catching and then eating of fish. But, if eating flesh floats your boat why does it bother you if they are cute little maggots or cute little dogs?
I love feasting on flesh!
However, I wouldn't want to do so while the flesh in question is still live and kicking.
If this was a case of just using dead dogs that they find then I wouldn't find that particularly bad. I'm completely against using them as live bait, this may just be sentimantality but I can not stand the sight of anything in pain and/or fear. As for euthanasing the dog first, I don';t know. If they are prblematic strays with a poor quality of life, maybe being humanely put down isn't a bad thing (though I would be in tears if at the death!). Once dead they may aswell be used for shark bait as anything else.
However, I wouldn't want to do so while the flesh in question is still live and kicking.
If this was a case of just using dead dogs that they find then I wouldn't find that particularly bad. I'm completely against using them as live bait, this may just be sentimantality but I can not stand the sight of anything in pain and/or fear. As for euthanasing the dog first, I don';t know. If they are prblematic strays with a poor quality of life, maybe being humanely put down isn't a bad thing (though I would be in tears if at the death!). Once dead they may aswell be used for shark bait as anything else.
Not sure why this item from October 2005 is in the news section, but you might find this helpful
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_dogs_ shark_bait.htm
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_dogs_ shark_bait.htm
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