Brno, Dec 19 (CTK) – Activists fighting for the rights of animals alerted Saturday to the cruel treatment of carp before Christmas in the Czech Republic, opening a stand with “Christmas dogs” offering live animals to people saying they will kill and disembowel them at their request.
A piece of meat covered with artificial blood was placed on the counter.
“We want to alert this way to the obvious illogical fact that we say which animals we will love and which we will treat cruelly,” Lukas Novosad, from the Collective for Animals, said.
Animal protectors say fish has a developed nerve system and that is why it feels pain and fear like other mammals. Yet, people view fish and dogs differently, he said.
“We want to show people how to pass Christmas as holidays of peace, not violence and unnecessary killing,” Novosad said.
The activists offered alternative Christmas Eve dinners, for instance, meals of mushrooms that used to be eaten in the country in the past.
Fish has been a favourite Christmas Eve meal since the end of the 19th century. It is sold at stands in the streets of towns and villages.
Activists have repeatedly protested against the killing in Prague, Brno and other towns.
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