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Euthanasia of Aquarium Fish | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Euthanasia of Aquarium Fish (none / 0) (#2)
by squack15 on Wed Jun 23, 2004 at 02:56:11 PM PST

Ok, please don't quote me on this, but I've read some articles in bass fishing magazines that fish don't experience the same kind of pain we do. Pain to them just causes a reaction and doesnt neccessarily hurt. A fishes brain stem composes 95% or so of a fishes brain. This is the part that controls reactions and instincts. They then went on to explain that a fish doesnt experience pain like we do, that is why you can fillet a fish and it doesnt even squirm. (This is also how they justified hooking a fish while fishing) So do fish even experience pain???

Somewhere I have run across stuff suggesting that (none / 0) (#3)
by unclescott on Wed Jun 23, 2004 at 09:08:08 PM PST

indeed fish do experience pain. I will look for it later this week.

In the meantime, we may need to steer somewhere between that bass magazine (which obviously has an obligation to it's advertizers) suggtesing that fish don;t feel pain and the PETA crowd which would have you believe that a fish is closer to you than your second cousin and twice as sensitive. :)

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Euthanasia of Aquarium Fish | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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