WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????

I just saw this horrifying news article about fishermen near the french island Réunion who apparently are using live dogs and cats - yes you heard right - LIVE DOGS AND CATS as sharkbaits. The animals are tied to the boats with fishing hooks that are pierced through their mouths or other parts of their body and are then let down into the water where they attract sharks by losing blood and fidgeting from pain.

A petition has been set up by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and has so far been signed by 17104 people as I write this. This petition will be sent to the french government, urging it to take immediate steps and enforce their animal protection laws and to put an end to the mindless torture of these poor animals.

I ask each and every one of you to please sign this as well.

To sign the petition, go here:
http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Sate...p;pg=sharkbait


Thanks
Daniel

Signed.

That is fucking distgusting what that "person" is doing.

What if they used pigs? Does non-cute=bad, cute=good?

After looking at that picture I got a feeling that this is a hoax.

Erm, yeah sett has a point. In the picture if a dog was hooked to a boat going any speed at all like that it would just rip the lip. I wouldnt think a dog or cat would be so stupid as to not try to fight back after being dropped into the water.

Never the less, i'll sign it just in case. =p It's a sick joke if its fake. I don't want to think its real. >.> Then again... the page is real...

pretty disgusting.

However, is there also some petition I can sign to prevent worms from having the same fate. I once heard that people dig them out of their natural habitat in the ground and skewer them with hooks, waiting until a fish eats them.

^^^ auhh yes.. the slippery slope has begun.


Weeee!

hehe, dont mind me. I really dont give a shit about worms, and i really do love dogs and cats.

I just like screwing with people.

it's no fake, apparently this is the new big pet cause of Bridgette Bardot.

Signed.
A fishing boat "trawls" meaning it's not going very fast so the hook wouldn't rip out until a shark swallows the animal, then jerks the line where hook would most likely rip out and catch in the shark's throat. And good point. If it were pigs I doubt there would be such an uproar.

I prefer powerbait and spinners.

i agree with sett about the cute thing, but as far as this being legit, it looks pretty real to me..

the real tricky thing is that i dont want to be a tree hugger and sign something that i dont udnerstand. i dont know the legal/social/monitary ramifications or reasons for them doing what they're doing, and i think a lot of people, in north america especialy, are quick to shoot off their mouthes, because it's easy to do so from where we're standing.

dont get me wrong, i think this is pretty fucked, and i'm like 1.2 secconds from signing, but it would be nice to know a little bit more information. is this nessisary? why the fuck would they do it? just because it's easier to catch sharks? in that case, i'd sign and write a letter.

Pigs and other livestock are probably too large and heavy, not to mention expensive.

Why don't the fishermen just hook up their children? They're free and easy to catch.

Signed.

I don't think it's cool to use pigs or other livestock as shark bait either.

I don't know where to draw the line though. I mean, I don't really have a problem with using other fish as shark bait.

I guess I draw the line at reptiles. Or at least anything domesticated.

I have to believe that photo is made up, even though the what is going on might be real. It's too "clean" ... but it makes the point. I don't think I could be on board for using any live animal as fish bait (OK maybe bugs and worms).

Whats wrong with Chum? I mean, why do you need to use a live animal, when throwing blood & unedible fish-bits into the water?
I hope this is a fake, and suspect it is, but still a disturbing thought.

worms aren't cute. unless they're holding rocket launchers, and throwing holy hand grenades.

well that's the cutest stray i've ever seen

Smells like a info gathering scam to me.

If its the real deal than that is really messed up. Some fishermen need to lose some knee caps and be dragged around by a nose ring, behind a bus on streets paved with salt.

I love animals as much as the next guy, but stray dogs and cats are a serious health problem in some places. Dogs aren't neary so cute when they are scarred and maimed from fighting other strays and have a skin disease.

Not that I think the dogs should be tortured by being kept alive while being used as bait, but the fact is some people make a living killing the animals I eat so I don't have to. For these people, killing animals is no big deal.

The dog is not bleeding.

The dog is wearing a collar.

The dog does not appear to be in any distress.

Chum would be cheaper/easer.

Plays into the stereotype of- third world/pan-asian counties think less of 'pets'.

The handler of the dog is white(or look white to me) and is wearing a western style med shirt (scrubs).

Cats are better than dogs.

I've got some swampland down in Florida if anyone is interested. Real cheap.

This is a disgrace, imagine how much diesel is being wasted here.

I'm not sure about sharks but some seaborne predators react to the infrared light emitted by a wounded animal, obviously a cold, dead body won't work for those. Also, death might change the smell of the blood, which also attracts the sharks. Plus I think they won't attack something that doesn't move.

Using children won't work, humans taste so bad sharks spit 'em out after taking a bite.

why don't they write the article in french? some people

I'm with Sett... What's the difference between what they're doing and any other torture people pay for animals to go through?

If you really care for animals you'll stop paying for factory farming, trawl fishing and drift nets, puppy farming, animal testing, fur and leather, etc.