I had someone link me to a Facebook group that was claiming that live dogs were being used as shark bait on a French-controlled island off of the coast of Africa. I was disturbed by the thought, but figured that the story was just so much BS.
Apparently not. The story is reported here on National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dog_shark.html
They show it right alongside this completely disturbing photograph. Apparently the hooks are put in the animals through the snout or paw, and then they are dragged from the back of a boat for miles until they attract a shark, sometimes while they are still alive.
So... I'm basically at a loss for words here. I don't care what sort of dire economic situation you are in, there is no possible justification for this kind of thing. As a vegetarian, I realize my perspective might be a bit skewed relative to the general population, but someone who could do something like this must be inhuman. This story makes me want to donate a thousand dollars to some militant environmental "Greenpeace-esq" group, and then outfit them with heavy weaponry...
So frickin sad.
2 comments:
I'm a meatatarian and I'm with you on this!
Yay! Someone is reading! :oP LOL
Hey Brett, can you see and play the audio files? Let me know if there is a problem with them so that I can work at fixin 'em.
Yeah, this story was way too depressing for me to be reading at midnight last night. It put me in a horrible mood.
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