Are sport fishers cruel?
Of course, sport fishers aren’t cruel on purpose. They will not intentionally hurt fish or injure them. That would be an unkind thought. Unfortunately, they do not see that the sport they love so much is hurting, injuring and causing stress to animals. Most fishermen bluntly deny that fish can feel pain (because admitting otherwise would make them seem cruel) because scientists have proven that fish experience pain differently than people do. They use this different perception of pain as an excuse to no longer think about the consequences for fish, and so they deny that fish can feel pain at all.
