In Victoria Braithwaite’s editorial “Hooked on a Myth” she argues that people need empathize with fish, because although it may not be obvious, fish are indeed affected by pain. While I do agree that most people do not put time and effort into trying to understand the emotions of fish, I do not believe that we should have to because there are more important issues to worry about in the world. In the article Braithwaite mentions in the first paragraph that fish are be dragged onto shores by hooks, which ultimately causes them pain. She says the reason why people treat fish with such little care is because fish have no way of communicating their pain unlike other animals such as cats or dogs, so the thought of them suffering never crosses
