Conger cuddling cancelled

[Guest wickidweasel]

Just see this its a fecking joke

 

Conger cuddling cancelled

A charity skittles game - in which humans are the pins and the ball is a dead conger eel tied to a rope - has been banned after animal rights activists complained that it was disrespectful to eels.

 

According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, the charity event of "Conger Cuddling", which has taken place for the past 30 years in Lyme Regis harbour in Dorset to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), has been cancelled this year after the RNLI received complaints from an animal rights group.

 

During the event, a number of people stand on blocks of wood and have to dodge a 150cm/5' long Conger eel, Conger conger, swinging at them on a rope. The team who has the most members still on their flowerpots at the end of the game wins. "The writer of that letter is a gutless troublemaker with nothing better to do..."According to The Daily Telegraph, the animal rights campaigners complained to the RNLI and threatened to film the event and start a national campaign against it.

 

Chairman of the Lyme Lifeboat Guild, Rob Michael, told The Daily Telegraph: "We have been advised by the RNLI headquarters at Poole to abandon the Conger Cuddling event following a local complaint from animal rights activists.

 

"The RNLI is not prepared to be involved in an event that may be seen by some to be a barbaric throwback due to its use of a dead animal."

 

But, the event may still go ahead, albeit with a rubber buoy replacing the usual Conger, says the report.

 

The mayor of Lyme Regis, Ken Whetlor, told the paper that the complainant was a "gutless troublemaker with nothing better to do than stop people enjoying an innocent event that helps raise money to save lives."

 

"I cannot see how using a dead conger eel landed by a local fisherman is unethical," said Mayor Whetlor.

 

Conger eels are one of Britain's largest marine fishes and may reach lengths of up to 3m/10' and weigh over 100kg.

 

Small ones are found in rocky areas around much of the UK but larger fish tend to occur in deeper water, often around wrecks. The species is a popular fish with anglers.

[COMPO 54]

read that in the Daily Mail, they are going to do the competition but use a plastic bouy instead

 

perhaps they could use an animal rights activist instead next year :11: