Sea Kittens: What is PETA thinking?

PETA has once again pulled a WTF by launching a campaign urging people to start calling fish “sea kittens” so that we won’t want to eat them anymore. Fishing, for food and bait, dates back at least to the Paleolithic period which began about 40,000 years ago.  The total number of fishermen and fish farmers in the world is estimated to be 38 million, while fisheries provide employment to an estimated 200 million people. In 2005, the worldwide per-capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 32 lbs., with an additional 16.3 pounds harvested from fish farms. In PETA’s view, all fish suffer cruel and unusual punishment, and suffer unduly because they are not “cute and cuddly.” In an attempt to change children’s opinion of fish from the cradle, they have launched a new web site, called  ‘Sea Kittens’.

Founded in 1980, PETA is dedicated to establishing and defending the rights of all animals. PETA operates under the simple principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. With that in mind, PETA is out in the community forcing change wherever possible. In the latest drama, PETA has attempted to change the name of Whitefish High School, in Whitefish, MT, to Sea Kitten High School. Other PETA efforts include a ban on the sale of glue traps for rats, demanding all-vegetarian only lunch plans in local school’s and prisons, demanding higher insurance premiums for meat eaters, and demanding that Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino stop eating SPAM. PETA, who’s FUD Campaigns are some of histories classics, has hoodwinked America’s middle-class housefrau’s and their children much in the same way Barry did last November. Throwing flour is only scratching the surface of this left-wing radical group.

 The real story here is that  PETA’s vision of making fish ‘cute and cuddly’ only make the children who you teach this shit to grow up believing it. It kind of reminds me of the kid I saw last week barking like a dog, but thats another story.

A Real SeaKitten