Dogs and Cats used as Shark bait is a Crime!

Puppy with fish hooks in lip of mouth

Disturbing when I see people treating “man’s best friends” so cruelly!  Who will be next?  Will they start using their neighbors as bait as well?

For the first successful conviction of a fisherman using a dog or cat as shark bait and €200 for each conviction thereafter

Dogs and cats are also involved in an assault on nature, this time
as victims and as bait. On the French island of La Reunion in the
Indian Ocean, fishermen have been using live dogs and cats as bait for
sharks.

This practice is specifically outlawed by French law but the law, as
in many places throughout the world, is ignored by fishing communities
who apparently believe they are above the law.

The dogs and cats have hooks passed through their snouts or through
the tendons in their legs and the hooks are attached to lines and rods.
The hapless animals are then tossed into the water where their
struggles attract sharks.

Puppy with fish hook in feet

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has sent a message to the police
in La Reunion offering a reward of €1,000 (Euros) for the first
successful conviction of a fisherman using a dog or cat as bait and
€200 for each conviction thereafter.

The following letter was sent to the Chief of Police on La Reunion Island:  [read more]