Video of Cabella's employees killing fish after store event

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https://www.facebook.com/NBCMontana/...5961254053617/
https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/vi...-draws-concern

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Video of workers killing fish at Kalispell event draws concern

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by Marian Davidson
Monday, June 17th 2019

KALISPELL, Mont. — A family fishing event at a store in Kalispell left some people concerned after they witnessed employees killing the fish.
The event was hosted at Cabela’s on Sunday. Fish were brought in from a hatchery to stock a fishing pool outside the store. A video filmed in front of the store shows employees stomping fish on the pavement following the event.
Bass Pro Group, Cabela’s parent company, said the actions in the video do not align with company policy.



“These actions reflect a clear violation of our policies and procedures for animal care, which are based on the highest professional standards and a deep respect for wildlife,” Bass Pro Group director of communications Jack Wlezien wrote in an email to NBC Montana. “We’re taking the appropriate action to ensure it does not happen again.”
There are rules dictating what to do with fish following an event like the one at Cabela’s. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 1 spokesman Dillon Tabish didn’t comment on the actions in the video, but he did explain the regulations.
“The fish cannot be removed from the tank alive,” Tabish said. “You have to euthanize the fish before they’re removed from that tank.”
The fish cannot be released into another body of water.
“We have these aquatic ecosystems intact,” Tabish said. “We don’t want to have fish brought in and dropped into a lake or stream that could disrupt that habitat and disrupt the food chain.”
FWP has recommendations for any anglers when harvesting a fish.
“We recommend humane euthanization with blunt force trauma to the head,” Tabish said. “You just hit them on the head as quickly as you can.”

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I wunder what folkses would say about fish handling @ the GSPPier?

The state says you must euthanize the fish before removing them from the tank . . . by striking them sharply on the head. Those folks in Montana must be a lot quicker than I am.

I haven't watched the video, and while it does sound crude and wasteful (unless someone was saving the stomped fish for fertilizer) it doesn't sound particularly cruel to me. A stomp or a blow to the head will likely end things in about the same amount of time. When I was in high school I dated a girl who raised rabbits, and she would dispatch them (for butchering) with a short piece of pipe (to the head) or simply swing them by the hind legs so that their head hit the concrete step. I can only imagine peoples reaction in this day and age if someone had video of her swinging rabbits through the air to kill them on the step. It was fast and effective, and the rabbits didn't suffer.

The real moral is "no behavior goes on without internet video."

the woman doing the tap dance didnt kill it it looked like,wasnt dressed like a employee either,the guy looked to be sticking them in the head with something sharp, reckon some folks want to make a mountain out of a mole hill imo

Buddy of mine used to be the "keeper of the rats" for a bio lab. There were 2 approved methods for dispatching said rodents: euthanize with ether or cervical dislocation. He used the s3cond choice because it was faster... grab em by the tail and swing em against a hard surface. He said he felt is cuased em less suffering.

The optics of this video are pretty bad, but we've all seen a king or soanish get smacked onto the deck.