USA: Anti-fishing activists go against the tide at Jersey Shore

PETA representatives met with some indifference and polite rebuffs on Atlantic City's Boardwalk

Sandwiched between a roiling ocean full of fish and a restaurant full of people eating fish, three activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spent the lunch hour yesterday on the Boardwalk trying to make a simple point: Fish have feelings, too.

Although most people streamed quickly past, pretending not to see the two young women holding large PETA placards and another casting a rod with a stuffed-toy border collie puppy attached to one end, a few took the bait....

Source: Anti-fishing activists go against the tide at Jersey Shore

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