NEITHER FISH NOR FOWL

Laura Mcdonnell offers compelling arguments for avoiding fish at the dinner table (“The Case Against Eating Fish,” thewalrus.ca). Human health impacts and conservation concerns aside, it’s important to note that evidence suggests fish experience suffering like other animals. Overcrowding in fish farms results in injuries and diseases, which are treated with chemicals and antibiotics. Wild fish, on the other hand, are pursued to exhaustion by nets and suffer from decompression when pulled up from deep water. Most choke to death or die during processing, which may include gutting and freezing the animals while they are still conscious. Stephanie Brown

Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals Toronto, ON