So sad...I just read this online news article...


STRAY dogs are being skewered on hooks and dragged behind boats as live shark bait.
The cruel practice takes place on French-controlled Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, where Prince William spent two holidays.

A six-month-old labrador pup was recently found ALIVE with a huge double hook through its snout - and another through a leg.

The pup was found in a coastal creek and is thought to have somehow freed itself from a fishing line.

But other dogs and kittens have been chomped up and swallowed by sharks.

The RSPCA plans to petition the French government, demanding an end to the hideous torture.

By Sue3 on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 01:39 pm:

I hope they do end it.That is just plain cruel.

By Karen~moderator on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 02:31 pm:

That makes me sick and want to cry!!!!!!

By Jackie on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 02:44 pm:

Yes, I read this. It makes me sick.

By Trina~moderator on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - 03:00 pm:

According to Snopes this is "undetermined".

Shark Bait

By Unschoolmom on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - 07:07 am:

I'd be suspicious of that. Partly because the French are involved and anything French seems to be a favourite target of jokes and slander these days.