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The cruelty of a beloved American pastime

The cruelty of a beloved American pastime

An angler reels in a ladyfish from the Atlantic Ocean at the Dania Beach pier in Florida. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images This story is part of a series supported by Animal Charity Evaluators, which received a grant from EarthShare. When I was a kid, my family would occasionally go fishing on small row boats on the lakes of Montgomery County, Maryland. The point wasn’t to catch fish to eat — we always released them — but rather to spend time together in nature. And for a while, I looked back on those times fondly. But as I’ve learned more about fish and their apparent capacity to feel pain,...

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