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Geezer From The Freezer wrote:

Benign Vanilla wrote:

This is a hotly contested topic. Do they feel pain? That depends on how you
define pain. They do have a nervous system, just not one similar to higher
mammals.


I agree with the above poster. I think fish do feel pain, I'm sure I read the
results of a
study where they monitored a fish (a while ago) and the fish was showing what
would
scientifically equate to stress or pain.

Well, I look at it this way...

They are a vertebrate. They have a brain, spinal cord and neural net
throughout their body... just like any mammal or reptile. The thing is,
a fish can't scream so how can we know it's in pain?

I once ran across a guy that had just caught some trout in a stream...
He was gutting them ALIVE! The poor fish was struggling and he was
having trouble.

So, I offered to help him, and showed him how to first kill the trout
the way my parents taught me to. A hard whack or three to the top of the
head, right behind the eyes where the brain is.

Showed him that gutting a dead fish that was not struggling in agony was
a lot easier. :-P

Then I asked him how HE would like to be gutted alive!

Honestly, why can't we have the same compassion for animals as for
humans??? sigh

As for freezing a fish, I think that would work as fish are exothermic.
As they get cold, they get sluggish. I think that would work ok for fish
but not for mammals. Personally, I'd whack them to kill them instantly.
Not easy, but effective. :-P

Just my 2 cents...
--
K.

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