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PETA Opposes Fish-Tossing Demo

ORG XMIT: NY139  FILE -  In this Aug. 17, 2007 file photo, Erik Espinoza, right, and Anders Miller, center, both of Pike Place Fish Market, look on as J.J. Swanton, left, throws a fish in the salmon-tossing contest held in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) (Ted Warren / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: NY139 FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2007 file photo, Erik Espinoza, right, and Anders Miller, center, both of Pike Place Fish Market, look on as J.J. Swanton, left, throws a fish in the salmon-tossing contest held in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pike Place Market in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) (Ted Warren / The Spokesman-Review)

In this 2007 AP file photo, Erik Espinoza, right, and Anders Miller, center, both of Pike Place Fish Market, look on as J.J. Swanton, left, throws a fish in the salmon-tossing contest held in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Pike Place Market in Seattle. Now, PETA, which believes that tossing dead fish is similar to tossing dead kittens, is pressuring the American Veterinary Medicine Association to call off a fish-tossing demonstration that was suppose to open its July 10 convention in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Question: Do you agree with PETA that tossing fish at the Pike Place Market in Seattle is equivalent to tossing dead kittens -- and should be stopped?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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