{"id":1597493,"date":"2024-04-09T03:15:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=ecfd4ffa25c502b078f06f3571561e12"},"modified":"2024-04-09T03:15:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:15:45","slug":"deadly-salmon-truck-crash-prompts-peta-memorial-urging-empathy-for-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/09\/deadly-salmon-truck-crash-prompts-peta-memorial-urging-empathy-for-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Salmon Truck Crash Prompts PETA Memorial Urging Empathy for Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"

To memorialize the more than 25,000 young salmon who were killed when a tanker truck overturned near Lookingglass Creek on March 29, PETA plans to place a sky-high message near the site reminding everyone that the crash victims were thinking, feeling individuals who didn\u2019t want to die.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fish who were killed in this crash felt the same terror and agony that any dog, cat, or human would feel if they were suffocated or crushed to death,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cPETA urges everyone to have empathy for salmon and other fish and to go vegan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fish feel pain<\/a>, have long memories, share knowledge, and have cultural traditions. Some woo potential partners by creating intricate works of art in the sand on the ocean floor, yet more fish are killed for food each year than all other animals combined. They\u2019re impaled, crushed, suffocated, or cut open and gutted\u2014often while they\u2019re still conscious. Each person who goes vegan spares nearly 200 animals every year, dramatically shrinks their carbon footprint, and avoids ingesting the many toxic chemicals found in the flesh of fish, including mercury, lead, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PETA\u2019s free vegan starter kit<\/a> can help those looking to make the switch.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to eat\u201d\u2014points out that Every Animal Is Someone<\/a> and offers free Empathy Kits<\/a> for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a> or follow the group on X<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The post Deadly Salmon Truck Crash Prompts PETA Memorial Urging Empathy for Fish<\/a> appeared first on PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

This post was originally published on Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To memorialize the more than 25,000 young salmon who were killed when a tanker truck overturned near Lookingglass Creek on March 29, PETA plans to place a sky-high message near the site reminding everyone that the crash victims were thinking, feeling individuals who didn\u2019t want to die. \u201cThe fish who were killed in this crash… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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