Reason for Vegan Series 8: Fish Feel: Sentience, Emotion, and the Latest Science About Fish
In this series of short shows, Hope will focus on specific aspects of animal agriculture and answer the question of why we are vegan. In this eighth installment of the Reason for Vegan Series she talks about fish; who they are, what their lives are like, and why we should care about them. Hope will uncover the emotional, cognitive, and complex life of fish. Science is discovering so much about our underwater cousins and Hope will dive into that research and help us answer questions about pain, parenting, emotion, communication, memory, and more.
Resources:
FaceBook: Let Fish Live
What A Fish Knows by Johnathan Balcombe
TRANSCRIPT: Reason for Vegan Series 8: Fish Feel: Sentients, Emotion, and the Latest Science on Fish
Excellent commentary, Hope! Thank you very much for including fish issues in this series. It’s very appropriate since fishes comprise the greatest number of farmed animals, and they suffer some of the worst abuses. Also, many wild-caught fishes are used to feed farmed fishes and other farmed animals. Great overview of fish pain and fear, and what unique individuals fishes are.
Fishes are indeed sentient beings, and as deserving of respect and compassion as any other sentient beings. All the nutrients derived from fish (and from other animals) can be obtained from plant sources, and there are marvelous vegan versions of virtually every type of food imaginable, including vegan seafood: http://www.FishFeel.org/seafood
Thank you also for relating your personal experience with fishing. You can find others’ accounts on the Fish Feel website, and we invite listeners to share how they came to respect and appreciate fishes there, too: https://fishfeel.org/action/your-page/
We hope they will also visit our Facebook page, where we will share this podcast: https://www.facebook.com/pg/FishFeel.org/ Looking forward to your next one!
Cognitively complex creatures!
This lesson is essential for planetary survival.
Thank you for bringing up the need to understand and protect our ocean wildlife.