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jeff_dudas
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 Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:39 pm Post subject: Horror as Man Arrested for Using Live Dogs as Shark Bait |
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| Quote: | A MAN has been arrested by cops probing the use of live dogs as shark bait, it was revealed last night.
It comes a day after The Sun published horrific photos of a pup with a fishing hook through its snout.
Cops on French-controlled Reunion Island say a man will appear in court tomorrow. And last night the French Embassy vowed to target more rogue fishermen.
It said: “Such acts are illegal and intolerable.”
Animal welfare group Sea Shepherd will pay £680 to any cop who catches a fisherman baiting a dog.
Thousands contacted the RSPCA and The Sun after reading our story.
In one case, a six-month-old labrador puppy had its paws bound with wire and was used for bait. |
source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005450292,00.html |
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mario mastrostefano
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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WTF IS WRONG THE FRENCH!!!  |
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april7178
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| Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject: Horror as dog is used as bait |
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That has got to be one of the most inhumane things I have ever heard of...I expect people to treat animals they have no personal relationship with badly to a certain degree...(I expect it, that doesn't mean I approve of it). But most people with half a heart would not be able to hear an animal cry like he must have and do that. Just proves that not everyone has evolved fully.
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oceanboy7
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:35 am Post subject: unbelievable!!! |
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I know what I would like to do to that fisherman, and his hook! What low life trash does something like that to a dog? Is there any hope for humanity when garbage like this guy roams this earth? In Alaska a Fisherman like this freak would just accidently fall over the side one day...with a big shoe print on his back! How does that work in France? One can only hope...
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didn't_do_it
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| They'll probably get a gigantic fine, something equivalent to about $60 US, or maybe they'll turn him over to peta and let them whine him to death. |
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sagacious
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:12 am Post subject: |
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While I'd like to give The Sun the benefit of the doubt, this story is clearly a hoax.
First, the name of this nefarious fisherman is never mentioned  ; the author refers to the local Reunion Island police as "the cops" ; the hook shown is not a hook that would be used for large sharks, but instead appears to be a barbless tuna double hook (if it IS a fishing hook at all) ; and the dog shown in the plainly obvious photoshop-created picture is not in any distress.
If that weren't enough, a quick online check of Reunion Island's newspaper, Le Journal de I'lle, doesn't mention any such outrageous story, and (perhaps not surprising) a search of French Embassy press releases doesn't substantiate The Sun's claims either.
And for pete's-sake, a golden retriever? Sacre bleu! |
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Leon Roskilly
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ghostbear29
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:46 am Post subject: |
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bring out the gimp! Those french need some serious lessons on good vs. evil. They seem to have it wrong all the darn time!
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jeff_dudas
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sagacious
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:22 am Post subject: thanks for the info (...and you're no monster) |
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| Sadly, it seems this is indeed a case of ghastly animal cruelty. Thanks Jeff and Leon for providing some additional info on this curious and disturbing story. |
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olv3000
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: whats wrong with american people |
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guys, now you have to open your eyes and not believe everything they tell you.
origini of this story ( hoax for what i know) is an article in the english newspaper THE SUN. now do you konw exactly what kind of newspaper is the sun ? not especily the real source for real information.
and it actually makes them sell a lot to make up articles about those french people killing pupppies.
and now you eat all this like dumb child.
open your eyes guys.
you cant believe every hoax you receive by email. no you cant be that stupid. |
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jeff_dudas
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| Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: not likely a hoax |
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If you read this snopes write-up, the story is classified as 'identifies statements of undetermined or ambiguous veracity'. If you read the write-up, they cast doubt on some of the claims made by those using the photos for propaganda purposes but never cast much doubt on the truth of the original story.
Snopes said the famous photo may show an accidently ensnared dog. I doubt that dog was accidently ensnared. Maybe snared for some purpose other than shark fishing, but I really doubt it was accidently ensared.
As for whether live dogs have been used for shark bait--it's true. Some folks in Vanuatu caught a tiger shark using dog as bait.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/sharkbait.asp |
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