BURLINGTON, Vt. -- If there is anything sacred in Vermont's music scene, the Green Mountain-grown jam rock band Phish
tops the list, but apparently even they can't avoid the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' seemingly endless public scrutiny.
On Friday, PETA Special Projects Manager Michelle Cho issued a letter to area media outlets outlining a request that the band temporarily change its name to the "Sea Kittens."
PETA Wants Higher Insurance Premiums For Meat Eaters The letter, addressed to Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
and Page McConnell, says the request is an attempt to gain empathy for fish, "because few people are aware that fish are actually smart animals with
personalities."
"For example, they communicate and develop relationships with one another, feel pain when injured (their lips are particularly sensitive, and they use them like we use our fingers), show affection by gently rubbing against other fish, and even grieve when other fish they like die," the letter continues.PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk
Cho's letter urges people to take on activities such as hiking, instead of "impaling fish with metal hooks for fun" and claims that fish endure a brutal death by fishermen. "Phish has a long history of promoting social justice. Renaming the band Sea Kittens would be a great way to help sea kittens rock on, free from fishing nets and hooks, even if just for a day," the letter says.WPTZ.com tried to contact the band, but a message left with their Burlington office was not returned.
The band got back together earlier this year and launched an extensive tour.PETA's latest foray into the world of public discourse comes after several regional protests that included a woman appearing virtually nude on Church Street in Burlington, asking Ben & Jerry's to use human breast milk in their ice cream, and contending that people who eat meat should pay more for life insurance.
On Friday, PETA Special Projects Manager Michelle Cho issued a letter to area media outlets outlining a request that the band temporarily change its name to the "Sea Kittens."
PETA Wants Higher Insurance Premiums For Meat Eaters The letter, addressed to Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
and Page McConnell, says the request is an attempt to gain empathy for fish, "because few people are aware that fish are actually smart animals with
personalities."
"For example, they communicate and develop relationships with one another, feel pain when injured (their lips are particularly sensitive, and they use them like we use our fingers), show affection by gently rubbing against other fish, and even grieve when other fish they like die," the letter continues.
PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk
Cho's letter urges people to take on activities such as hiking, instead of "impaling fish with metal hooks for fun" and claims that fish endure a brutal death by fishermen. "Phish has a long history of promoting social justice. Renaming the band Sea Kittens would be a great way to help sea kittens rock on, free from fishing nets and hooks, even if just for a day," the letter says.WPTZ.com tried to contact the band, but a message left with their Burlington office was not returned.
The band got back together earlier this year and launched an extensive tour.PETA's latest foray into the world of public discourse comes after several regional protests that included a woman appearing virtually nude on Church Street in Burlington, asking Ben & Jerry's to use human breast milk in their ice cream, and contending that people who eat meat should pay more for life insurance.
Wooowww...
this is crazy
