Despite being in existence for over 100 years and drawing over 10 million tourists annually to the city, it seems that Pike's Market in Seattle had managed to miraculously fly under the PETA radar.
That century-long hall pass has now expired. It has recently come to PETA's attention that there is some serious animal cruelty taking place just blocks from SeattleUte's palacial corporate estate. Apparently, it is now unacceptable to watch or enjoy the flying fish show at Pike's Place Fish Market.
To show the seriousness of the issue, PETA offered to purchase and supply the Fish Market with faux rubber fish for these aerial displays of piscine terror. The offers were declined.
Fishmongers fail to see the fuss.
Oh, the humanity!
That century-long hall pass has now expired. It has recently come to PETA's attention that there is some serious animal cruelty taking place just blocks from SeattleUte's palacial corporate estate. Apparently, it is now unacceptable to watch or enjoy the flying fish show at Pike's Place Fish Market.
Asserting that the practice of lobbing fish above the heads of patrons and tourists at the market and other venues is disrespectful to creatures that already have gone through a lot, an animal rights group is protesting plans to stage a flying-fish exhibition at an upcoming national veterinarians conference in Seattle.
Fishmongers fail to see the fuss.
[they] are bewildered at the notion that their toss -- which they describe as merely the quickest way of getting fish from display cases to the counter -- shows any lack of reverence for a creature that is, after all, their livelihood.
"I mean, the fish are dead," Ridgway said. "The thing is, we're not laughing and making fun of them. . . . It's just Point A to Point B. That's why we do it."
"I mean, the fish are dead," Ridgway said. "The thing is, we're not laughing and making fun of them. . . . It's just Point A to Point B. That's why we do it."
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