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Respect For Fish, San Francisco
August 3, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Respect for Fish Day, is an international day of recognition of our finny relatives who unlike mammals, never left the primordial ocean to walk the land or fly the skies.
An oft-repeated stance among fishermen, and even chefs, is that fish do not feel pain, justifying their actions dismembering fish live, gaffing them in the gills or allowing these water breathing animals to beat about the decks and piers to suffocate or bleed to death for recreation.
Ethical arguments about killing an animal for sport or entertainment aside, there is a preponderance of scientific evidence that fish do feel pain.
Saturday August 3, 2024
12pm-3pm
Off Beach St., between Polk and Larkin streets.
Just east of the Maritime Museum, on the grassy area, near the bleachers.
Off Beach St., between Polk and Larkin streets.
Just east of the Maritime Museum, on the grassy area, near the bleachers.
Program:
12pm-3pm – advocacy, handing out literature and having conversations with passersby about fish sentience and the fishing industry
1pm – Fish Tales, personal stories by IDA and other animal rights advocates
2pm – Open Mic Fish Tales: for anyone to tell a personal experience around marine animals that opened their minds to them as sentient beings.
12pm-3pm – advocacy, handing out literature and having conversations with passersby about fish sentience and the fishing industry
1pm – Fish Tales, personal stories by IDA and other animal rights advocates
2pm – Open Mic Fish Tales: for anyone to tell a personal experience around marine animals that opened their minds to them as sentient beings.
Join in person in San Francisco at Aquatic Park, August 3rd with In Defense of Animals and PETA. Meet at the lawn just east of the Maritime Museum.
Bring a sign, wear a shark costume and give voice to stop overfishing sharks and consider fish as wildlife not just seafood!