Agony Quote by Desmond Morris

Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than…

— Leigh Hunt

We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has…

— Leigh Hunt

When fish experience something that would cause other animals physical pain, they behave in ways suggestive of pain, and the change in behaviour may…

— Peter Singer

“But for the moment, she said, her previous studies with trout suggest that fish in pain will not behave normally, that they will either…

— Virginia Morell

Actually, fish are very sensitive creatures with highly developed nervous systems. They feel pain acutely. If they weren't able to feel pain, they, like…

— Sharon Gannon

According to the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, fish have feelings too. Whenever my sons go fishing they always tell me,…

— Donald Trump

I simply feel that the frontier of angling is no longer either ethical or geographical. The Bible tells us to watch and listen. Something…

— Thomas McGuane

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

— Stephen Leacock

“Fish are unable, of course, to speak for themselves about how we treat them. They have ways of communicating with each other and, in…

— Virginia Morell

A powerful portfolio of physiological and behavioural evidence now exists to support the case that fish feel pain and that this feeling matters. In…

— John Webster

I say, if you're going to eat a creature alive, you have to expect some screaming. That is the carnivore's burden.

— John Hodgman

It is only the inexperienced and thoughtless who find pleasure in killing fish for the mere sake of killing them. No sportsman does this.

— William Cowper Prime