Apparently these videos could well be coming to a halt on the fifteenth of this month,youtube have put a notice that anything showing cruelty will be stopped after that date,lots of fishing channels will disappear if that is the case...
Maybe it does us a favour if these fishing videos are not available for public consumption.Whether they show cruelty or not is a moot point, those that want to see cruelty will and those that don't wont.
Your probably right but it is creeping, first this ban on animal cruelty videos, although not angling is it the thin end, and then this sentience thing the gov are pushing. How long will the advertisers/credit card companies think it OK to show anglers or angling in their advertising if it does take a hit with all the attendant bad publicity it might undergo. Maybe it will never happen but I have often thought angling will get its turn one day. It is low on the spectrum now but someone will want to push it up the ladder eventually, some news paper with not many stories and the anti brigade have run out of foxes and badgers etc. and some political party will see votes in it.This is a good point which I agree with to a certain extent.
But in our (anglers of all persuasion) defence in the court of public opinion I notice that there are a fair few advertisements on mainstream tv which feature fisherman, credit cards and property spring to mind.
I may well be proven wrong but if these advertising agencies are happy to portray fishing as an acceptable activity, then the majority have no problem with our beloved pastime.
Yes the dreaded tube has some terrible videos but this goes for anything. I'd only be worried if one of these went viral for the wrong reason.
We wont but others will. I don't think anyone with common sense will but that's a big ask these days. Even then I don't think they will use fox hunting as a comparison, they can show angling as cruelty in its own right because it is, you cant get away from that in my opinion. We can point out that it is very low on the cruelty spectrum say compared to fox hunting and the like but would that be enough! Its not the fish they will be bothered about anyway, we will just be the latest target for the boot, that's what they want, "someone" to hate and have a go at.Fishing videos where fish care is shown will not be banned. Its the spear Fishing and possibly game Fishing that might end up bother. However I think lockdown showed there is not mainstream hatred against fishermen.
Let's not link ourselves to fox hunters
Why would spear fishing and game fishing end up in bother?Fishing videos where fish care is shown will not be banned. Its the spear Fishing and possibly game Fishing that might end up bother. However I think lockdown showed there is not mainstream hatred against fishermen.
Let's not link ourselves to fox hunters
Agreed, but you'll struggle to find many average members of the animal-loving public who give fish welfare a moment's consideration, or who have any interest in what is going on below the surface of the waters on which they might enjoy bird watching, boating, or feeding the ducks.but one thing you have to remember is that nobody go fishing for the welfare of the fish.
I can't stand Dean Macey (or Ali Hamidi, or any of that Essex boy lot) and "inane giggling" isn't normally a feature of videos from Carl and Alex. If you haven't seen any before, this is a useful introduction to what they're about, produced by the owners of Homersfield Lake in Norfolk.Oooooh,can't stand em,two yawping Dean Maceys in the making,inane giggling has no place for me
I can't stand Dean Macey (or Ali Hamidi, or any of that Essex boy lot) and "inane giggling" isn't normally a feature of videos from Carl and Alex. If you haven't seen any before, this is a useful introduction to what they're about, produced by the owners of Homersfield Lake in Norfolk.