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Old 10-30-2012, 12:48 PM
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An Irvine resident is requesting that the city install a sign to memorialize the hundreds of fish killed in a traffic crash in early October as they were being taken to Irvine Ranch Market.

In the letter, Dina Kourda, on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, asks the city's street maintenance superintendent to place the sign at the site of the crash on Walnut and Yale avenues.

The sign would read, "In memory of hundreds of fish who suffered and died at this spot," to remind tractor-trailer drivers of their responsibility to the animals who are "hauled to their deaths every day," according to the letter provided by PETA.

The crash occurred Oct. 11 when a truck, carrying 1,600 pounds of live fish and several tanks of pure oxygen, crashed with two other vehicles.

The oxygen was used to keep saltwater bass alive as the fish were being taken to market.

"Although such signs are traditionally reserved for human fatalities, I hope you'll make an exception because of the enormous suffering involved in this case," the letter read.

"Research tells us that fish use tools, tell time, sing, and have impressive long-term memories and complex social structures, yet fish used for food are routinely crushed, impaled, cut open, and gutted, all while still conscious. Sparing them from being tossed from a speeding truck and slowly dying from injuries and suffocation seems the least that we can do," the letter continued.
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Tell those veggie clowns to demand signs to memorialize the animals butchered to make the following products they probably use without batting an eye:

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you ought to hear pigs. they sound like babies or children crying /screaming
but I eat pork once in awhile anyhow. if my B/P is down.
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I have the perfect way to memorialize them:
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Sparing them from being tossed from a speeding truck and slowly dying from injuries and suffocation seems the least that we can do," the letter continued.
In reality, the least we can do is nothing. I suggest we just go about our business and let the local fauna enjoy an easy meal.
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In reality, the least we can do is nothing. I suggest we just go about our business and let the local fauna enjoy an easy meal.
not to mention the flora that will b fertilized
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I suggest we just go about our business and let the local fauna enjoy an easy meal.
I heard some squirrels asking around for butter...
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These Idiots do realize the humans are not the only predator that would have eaten those fish in the wild right. Are we going to put up a memorial every time a bigger fish or bear impales a fish with it's teeth?
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