Quote Originally Posted by mistaram View Post
Ram. One thing I never do is get sucked in by the media I definitely have a mind if my own I'm well aware there are other so called sports that are exempted . The one I participate angling is one of them . I found out about the grouse shooting in today's Daily Express little bit at the bottom of the page Nobody owned to reporting it neither 😊😊
I just don't see it as cronyism for shooting, when so many other sporting pursuits are also included.

Personally, I think catching fish for sport is cruel, despite reports saying that it does no harm to the fish. I just don't see how a living animal can have its flesh torn and taken out of its natural environment, water, for a short period of time, without causing stress. Not to mention the damage caused by old fishing lines to other animals. But its a sport of the common folk and nobody would dare to do anything about it.