The placard around Bill Crain’s neck read “Needless Killing,” as he stood in a group with 24 other protesters outside the entrance to the Star Island Yacht Club on a drizzly Saturday afternoon in Montauk.
It was the seventh year that he and his wife Ellen, part-time residents of Montauk, have protested the club’s shark tournament, which was being held for the 23rd year last weekend. The tournament fishing had begun on Friday with 140 entries.
“It’s time we start respecting other living beings and not celebrate killing,” Mr. Crain said. “It creates really inhumane attitudes.” He grimaced and shook his head.
“We’re against the glorification of killing animals,” said April Gornik of Sag Harbor. “The idea of hauling in animals because we have a mythological idea of them as ferocious is so... more
It was the seventh year that he and his wife Ellen, part-time residents of Montauk, have protested the club’s shark tournament, which was being held for the 23rd year last weekend. The tournament fishing had begun on Friday with 140 entries.
“It’s time we start respecting other living beings and not celebrate killing,” Mr. Crain said. “It creates really inhumane attitudes.” He grimaced and shook his head.
“We’re against the glorification of killing animals,” said April Gornik of Sag Harbor. “The idea of hauling in animals because we have a mythological idea of them as ferocious is so... more
Its selfish and egotistical to have these tournaments anymore.They upset the natural balance of predator and prey too and it goes right down the food chain.
I'm absolutely convinced that any ecologically minded fisherman (which most are) would support a catch and release tournament. Killing sharks in 2009 and tossing them into dumpsters to rot should be a crime -- I'm with Matt and Quogue on that. There's a rumor that some of the meat went to a food pantry but it's only a rumor.
ROTFLMAO !