Do Fish Feel Pain?

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Do Fish Feel Pain?
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There is a perception that fish have simple brains and are incapable of feelings. This has somehow made them different from birds and mammals when it comes to our concerns for their welfare. But new research by Dr. Victoria Braithwaite, Associate Director of the Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences and a Professor of Fisheries and Biology, has resulted in evidence that suggests fish are more intelligent than previously thought and their behaviour more complex. In her new book, Do Fish Feel Pain?, she discusses what she has discovered about the capacity of fish to experience pain and suffering. Because we interact with fish in so many ways, she contends we should balance their welfare with the many ways they provide us with benefits.

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http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-05-22_05.mp3

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external site - links will open in a new windowDo Fish Feel Pain? - Oxford University Press http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199551200.html
external site - links will open in a new windowDr. Braithwaite's general web page http://www.bio.psu.edu/directory/vab12
external site - links will open in a new windowThe Braithwaite Lab at Penn State http://www.personal.psu.edu/vab12/Home.html

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Me thinks the good doctor lady has too much grant money on her hands....[V]

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Pretty much what I figured all of these years but spent alot of effort convincing myself otherwise.
................ hmm , that was interesting.

Good reason to treat them with as much respect as possible when your plucking them from the water. Either a quick release or a swift death.
 
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