Sorry Dickie and Bronwyn I hold different opinions to you both PETA at least should understand this is childish.
It is also counter productive, winning people to a cause is an art, it should not be left in the hands of those who do not understand this.
Yes Foxy war and the deaths of any one are dreadful, but we are not talking about that.
This campaign has its roots in the idea if we call fish kittens it will be harder for us to kill them.
We kill cat fish, maybe this idiot idea came from there?
Bronwyn I know, not think, sheep do die or suffer from fly strike, being blown by flys maggots eating them.
We will both breed the need out of them and find alternatives for current mulsing.
But how many from PETA have had their hands on sheep affected this way?
Look closely at the billions of dollars spent on advertising, to sell products and ideas.
How many Friends has this campaign bought to PETA?
Is it not likely more joined me in laughing at them?
Ludwig keep on seeking sustainability it is the right path but find better allies than PETA.

Sea kittens be damned Belly, after spending 6 months on a catless island where bird and reptile life flourished in the absence of cats I'm for banning the moggie from our shores.

I hear that quolls make an affectionate and entertaining pet, somewhere between a cat and a dog in temperament, and in need of support.

"Those that agree with PETAs campaign about sheep mulsing have never seen or treated a flyblown sheep. Mulsing prevents the majority of flystrike where animals are literaly being slowly eaten alive by maggots."

Hi Banjo

I'm from the country Brother - pastoral lands. Ever heard of anaesthetic? I'm afraid Farmer Brown hasn't either?

So what's this about nature?

We're debating about homo-sapiens here. You know the species with the highest intellect and the most sentient species of all? The guardians of Mother Earth?

So Banjo, where do you live?

I'd love to come around and cut off your backside without anaesthetic. What about I cut off your testicles? Of course, I'd have to hogtie you so you don't run away but I don't know how to tie the knot. Do you?

Hey I know. Why I don't burn off your beak like they do with battery hens?

Then again, since we're talking about fish, howzabout I bludgeon you senseless eh? Or I could throw you in a pot of boiling water. Mmmm....A tasty meal for my dog yeah, that's for sure.

Nah, I think I'll just harpoon you Banjo. You know those harpoons that detonate on contact? Baaarooooooommm! Blimey what a mess!

*I am well aware of it, but have no desire to remain part of it, and so I am on my gradual way out.*

Fair enough, whatever floats your boat, but I accept nature,
accept birth and death as part of the cycle of life. I accept the
role of predator species in keeping a balance.

*I'm from the country Brother - pastoral lands. Ever heard of anaesthetic?*

Dickie, looking out of your housewifely window in a country town,
gives you no knowledge about livestock. Once sitting in a plane with
a pastoralist, does not really help you either.

Ever heard of Trisolfen? The female farmer who invented it, is now
on the board of AWI, as farmers voted to do what was the kindest
thing for their livestock, not listen to some nutcase organisation
like Peta, who in their ignorance, might have caused huge
cruelty, if their threats were taken seriously by farmers.

There would of course be good reaons why Peta pull these stunts.
The internet means that people can soon find their website and
virtually every time, be hit with a plea for a donation. I gather
that the true believers give them over 20 million $ a year, so
making a racket in the press to draw attention to themselves,
would show up in the Peta coffers, with more millions pouring
in.

The net has given a voice to us all, we are free to say what we like but only a few are likely to come on board PETAs ship.
Man still is a hunter gatherer, we can not say that is not true, some fish for sport some must fish for food.
Look at Dickie's post, heart on sleeve for sure but how can harpooning people have got a run?
Political correctness is a fraud on us all, letting minority's press their views on us all.
Cattle feel pain, fish feel pain, maybe every thing man eats does.
A human being starving to death surely feels pain.
PETA put a pen in the hands of some one so out of touch with reality laughter was always going to be the only result.

Dear Yuyutsu...I'm a bit worried about a charismatic figure and a bowl of cool aide with you dear :) or.. a different but equally charismatic figure who speaks about a 'mother ship' that we will all join when we cross the threshold from this life to the next...

Scary stuff indeed.

Oh..Hinduism means non violence? can you give me some chapters and verses from relevant scriptures for that? I'd love to bounce them off the Hindu's in Orissa province India who are persecuting, murdering, raping and burning Christians there now.

Personally, I've never been a fan of even animal on animal violence.. it's taken me quite a ride to get to the point where I can accept it.

blessings.