Cruel, Cold, Stupid ... and Hardly Sporting

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Cruel, Cold, Stupid ... and Hardly Sporting
Comments by Jason 3 Feb 2011

In Reference to: Cruel, Cold, Stupid ... and Hardly Sporting

The Hepburn Wildlife Shelter often receives reports of water birds that have been injured or crippled by discarded fishing hooks and lengths of tangled fishing line.

On my last visit to Lake Jubilee in D'ford, the shoreline was littered with severed fish heads and beer cans - this popular swimming hole has become a hazard because of careless fishermen/women.

Studies have shown that even when the fish are returned to the water, only a small percentage survive after being impaled on a hook.

Jason