Boy Scouts Told It's Time to Scrap Cruel Fishing Badges
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
IRVING, Texas, Sept. 17 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release:
With Fish Amnesty Day (September 22) on the horizon, PETA sent a letter to the Boy Scouts of America this morning calling on the organization to replace its fishing and fly-fishing badges with modern and humane ones that award scouts for animal-friendly survival skills, such as edible-plant identification and "trash fishing" (removing garbage from waterways).
With Fish Amnesty Day (September 22) on the horizon, PETA sent a letter to the Boy Scouts of America this morning calling on the organization to replace its fishing and fly-fishing badges with modern and humane ones that award scouts for animal-friendly survival skills, such as edible-plant identification and "trash fishing" (removing garbage from waterways).