IRVINE, Calif. — Animal activists want a California roadside memorial sign to honor fish killed during a container truck crash.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals volunteer Dina Kourda told Irvine’s street maintenance chief the sign would remind drivers that fish value their lives and feel pain.
About 1,600 pounds of saltwater bass died on Oct. 11 when the truck hauling them to market got into a three-way crash.
Kourda’s letter acknowledges roadside memorials traditionally honor humans, but she hopes an exception will be made.
Irvine spokesman Craig Reem says there won’t be a fish memorial.
But PETA spokeswoman Asheley Byrne said they will go back and ask again.
It’s not the first time PETA has asked to post a memorial for animals killed on their way to slaughter.
They’ve tried to honor pigs killed in Virginia and cows killed in crashes in Illinois, Kansas, and Manitoba, Canada, Byrne said, but none have been approved.
It’s their first fish effort. They will continue trying for memorials when trucks carrying animals to slaughter are involved in crashes and there is a heavy death toll.
“They are on their way to slaughter, which is, of course, pretty hellish. To suffer an accident on the way and be left in the middle of the street is unthinkable,” Byrne said.
PETA wants a roadside memorial for dead fish…..why am I not surprised by things like this anymore? Crazy……
PETA never ceases to amaze. Weren’t the fish dead already?
Nut case.
You have got to be kiddin me…they were on the way to the market…what were they goin to do there..SHOP? get a life
Couldn’t they channel that high-energy zeal into the saving of human babies?
Peta throws glitter on people.People in your gang like Salvi and Roeder are actual murderers.
PETA would be more likely to support anything that kills people.
They were gonna die anyway…..stupid request.
They were dead!
Like I said, they would have died anyway…@ market.
i think she is smoking way too much weed!!!!
that’s the left.kill the children,memorialize the fish.
Speaking for the left: we don’t want her!
you got her…you keep her
Maine is getting more and more of her type.
This woman does realize the fish weren’t heading to a petting zoo or an appointment at the pond spa, right? Only in California….
Back when I was 19 years of age a woman I worked with was a member of PETA and at the time they cared about cats and dogs. They cared about finding them homes and truly helping animals. She would take in cats and dogs from shelters until they could find a home.
That was over 20 years ago and now we have this group that wants this BS. Amazing how a group can go from helping to becoming a huge pain in the behind.
So luny it’s a cute idea. Sure, why not, make a giant silver fork.
Viva California!!!
It is unfortunate all those fish went to waste.
I propose The Swatted Insect Memorial.
Coming soon …
The Recently Eradicated Foot Fungus Memorial.
I want a roadside memorial to remind us of the stupid ideas PETA comes out with
The PETA group she represents is the other one…you know the “Perplexed Earthy Troublemakers Association” :/
If she really wanted wanted honor these fish, she would have been “johnny on the spot” with 100 saute pans, some quality oil and some panko crumbs. Sad.
That happened in MA some years ago.A truck rolled and the lobsters spilled out.The tow truck driver called a restaurant he was involved with and they disappeared.Fortunately they never got to anyone’s plates.
Fruit cake…
PETA- People Eating Tasty Animals.
What scares me is that these people vote !
…and BREED!
what….nothing for the deer.moose.racoons.skunks .and other assorted critters? i guessed don’t like them!
PETA=Pains En The A–!
California…. The land of fruits and nuts…………….
PETA
For every one they save, I’ll shoot and eat three.