SamRiley
04-30-2001, 02:07 PM
Not sure if this is humor, but...
PETA's next target? The Boy Scouts. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging the Boy Scouts to stop giving merit badges for fishing because fish have feelings too, the Chicago Tribune reported . The group is also taking action because it claims boys who kill animals in their youth might grow up to become killers of human beings.
In a letter to Milton Ward, president of the Boy Scouts of America, Dawn Carr of PETA said, "Encouraging scouts to put hooks through the mouths of live frogs so as to trick other animals into impaling themselves [as is recommended in the fishing merit badge booklet], then to rip them from the water into an environment where they cannot breathe and can only struggle desperately for their lives is inconsistent with Boy Scout law and with teaching respect and kindness."
PETA's next target? The Boy Scouts. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging the Boy Scouts to stop giving merit badges for fishing because fish have feelings too, the Chicago Tribune reported . The group is also taking action because it claims boys who kill animals in their youth might grow up to become killers of human beings.
In a letter to Milton Ward, president of the Boy Scouts of America, Dawn Carr of PETA said, "Encouraging scouts to put hooks through the mouths of live frogs so as to trick other animals into impaling themselves [as is recommended in the fishing merit badge booklet], then to rip them from the water into an environment where they cannot breathe and can only struggle desperately for their lives is inconsistent with Boy Scout law and with teaching respect and kindness."