AR-News: (US) The Angler Angle

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Whalers, game hunters, laboratory scientists and even their bankers, have all 
felt the brunt of animal rights campaigns; but recently the target was 
anglers. Driving around Britain a few years ago I saw posters of a dog with a hook 
through its lip adorning billboards. The caption read: "If you wouldn't do this 
to a dog, why do it to a fish?" These posters were part of a $45 million 
campaign of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), to outlaw fishing 
in Britain. 
Although PETA would not miss the anglers if they quit in fear, the fish 
surely would. Like the hunters who want large numbers of elephants, foxes and 
pheasants to chase, anglers want lots of fish and for that they need clean water. 
It is anglers who have been the guardians of the British riverine environment 
for the past half-century -- before any of the pressure groups even started.



full story:

http://www.techcentralstation.com/031504A.html 
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