A veterinarian successfully treated one of the canines, a six-month-old dog with a large fishhook through its snout (see photo), at an SPA (Société Protectrice des Animaux, or Animal Protective Society) clinic in Réunion's capital, St.-Denis.

People Against Dogs and Cats as Bait.

Target:
To expose and bring an end to the use of live dogs and cats as bait for fishing.
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This petition is a collection of world wide voices against the use of dogs and cats being used as bait for fishing.
There have been articles and petitions regarding the use of dogs and as bait on isolated French controlled islands as per..
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html (French officials have responded with due diligence) 
and 
http://www.experienceproject.com/petitions/Stop-Using-Live-Dogs-As-Shark-Bait/1853815378

And references to the rewards offered by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to those who report these heinous acts in lead of a conviction can be found at..

http://www.seashepherd.org/get-involved/rewards.html

And this disturbing footage of kittens used as live bait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_xpJ3oxuI

Please sign to add your voice to those who are against the use of dogs and cats as bait.
If you have witnessed or have any information regarding the use of live or dead dogs and/or cats used as bait please respond to the petition question to add your experiences to information collected.
This petition is a collection of world wide voices against the use of dogs and cats being used as bait for fishing.
There have been articles and petitions regarding the use of dogs and as bait on isolated French controlled islands as per..
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1019_051019_dogs_sharks.html (French officials have responded with due diligence) 
and 
http://www.experienceproject.com/petitions/Stop-Using-Live-Dogs-As-Shark-Bait/1853815378

And references to the rewards offered by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to those who report these heinous acts in lead of a conviction can be found at..

http://www.seashepherd.org/get-involved/rewards.html

And this disturbing footage of kittens used as live bait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT_xpJ3oxuI

Please sign to add your voice to those who are against the use of dogs and cats as bait.
If you have witnessed or have any information regarding the use of live or dead dogs and/or cats used as bait please respond to the petition question to add your experiences to information collected.
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# 6,899:
12:12 am PST, Nov 8, ROBIN WESTFALL, New York
To whom it may concern, Please help in this cause, there are so many animals out there that are being abused in so many different ways ! Dont let any more animals suffer an unnessary fate ! If you love animals as I do dont let one more lovely creature be beaten , mamed , staved, or killed . Join us in the fight to stop this cruelty . Thank You . Sincerely ROBIN L WESTFALL

No I havent .

# 6,898:
10:41 pm PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, Oregon
I could not believe what I saw. This rates right up there with sex offenders- Can't rehabilitate any of them! Abuse usually starts with animals. They all need a bullet- one way to assure they will never do that again!!
# 6,897:
8:38 pm PST, Nov 7, Kev Buckman, United Kingdom
# 6,896:
7:05 pm PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, California
# 6,895:
5:02 pm PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, North Dakota
# 6,894:
2:48 pm PST, Nov 7, Michele Lawson, Australia
# 6,893:
1:30 pm PST, Nov 7, Sara Kelman, Australia
# 6,892:
11:38 am PST, Nov 7, LORI LEIGH, California
LORI D LEIGH
# 6,891:
9:35 am PST, Nov 7, Sharon Thomas, Colorado
I have never heard of this or seen this before, But what the heck is wrong with you People don't you have a heart. They are loving kind animals leave them alone . How can you live with yourself . And have you ever heard of worms bait that you by in the store or are you so behind . We don't do that in The USA . I am sorry for any dog or cat born there.
# 6,890:
8:43 am PST, Nov 7, Lirio Aviles, California
# 6,889:
5:40 am PST, Nov 7, Manon Gauthier, Canada
S'il vous plaît compléter les informations concernant vos propres expériences de l'utilisation de chiens et / ou des chats comme appât.

Avez-vous déjà été témoin ou avez-vous des informations concernant l'utilisation de chiens vivants ou morts et / ou chats comme appât?

# 6,888:
5:32 am PST, Nov 7, Becca Gilbert, Georgia
# 6,887:
12:10 am PST, Nov 7, Lenora Fitzsimonds, Nevada
Please don't let these animals that god put on the earth to be used like this. They do not deserve to be used as bait. God would not want this to be done to the loveing animals that he created.
# 6,886:
8:59 pm PST, Nov 6, Andrea Rogers, California
There seems to be no end to the insanity, cruelity, unconsciousness & evil that humans inflict on each other and innocent, loving Beings such as Dogs & Cats. To me this is equal to killing an angel, a child. WHY do humans find it so hard to RESPECT LIFE!!
# 6,885:
8:59 pm PST, Nov 6, Sarah Kenyon, Montana
# 6,884:
6:23 pm PST, Nov 6, Fenton Macy j, Arizona
# 6,883:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 6, Robert Davis, North Carolina
# 6,882:
11:55 am PST, Nov 6, Charlotte Brewster, California
# 6,881:
11:49 am PST, Nov 6, Kelly Hawker, Virginia
# 6,880:
11:15 am PST, Nov 6, Cindy Texeira, Hawaii
# 6,879:
9:17 am PST, Nov 6, Janice Bergh, South Africa
# 6,878:
8:00 am PST, Nov 6, Brad Sobel, California
# 6,877:
6:12 am PST, Nov 6, Michelle Sachs, South Africa
# 6,876:
5:21 am PST, Nov 6, Rachel Fleming, South Africa
# 6,875:
4:52 am PST, Nov 6, Ellen Miller, West Virginia
What a cowardly and evil act against Gods creatures who show nothing but love to humans. May you rot in H-ll for what you do. How can you sleep at night or kiss your children and still perform such evil acts ahainst thes little souls.
# 6,874:
4:47 am PST, Nov 6, Sonja Fourie, South Africa
# 6,873:
4:12 am PST, Nov 6, Sandra Curtis, Ukraine
# 6,872:
4:09 am PST, Nov 6, Karen Gibson, South Africa
These so-called human beings should be punished and treated in the same way that they have betrayed these beautiful and trusting animals - where is their "humanity"? The French Government should also be taken to task on this issue.
# 6,871:
12:22 am PST, Nov 6, Ulvia Akhundova, Azerbaijan
Actually, never knew about the fact of dogs and cats being used as live bait...It's horrible and totally inacceptible I think! It should be made illegal! Peeple responsible for this should be tried as criminals!
# 6,870:
10:56 pm PST, Nov 5, Jamie Paul, Arizona
I can't imagine the karma those fisherman deserve for treating dogs and cats so horribly. They odviously live in the dark ages still and don't realize that those animals have a more divine purpose in life than bait.
# 6,869:
8:35 pm PST, Nov 5, Name not displayed, California
# 6,868:
3:35 pm PST, Nov 5, Michelle Battermann, Arizona
# 6,867:
1:07 pm PST, Nov 5, Lauri Green, Arizona
# 6,866:
12:50 pm PST, Nov 5, Samantha Quiel, North Carolina
# 6,865:
11:35 am PST, Nov 5, FIORINI DANIELA, Italy
# 6,864:
11:10 am PST, Nov 5, Len Starling, North Carolina
# 6,863:
10:52 am PST, Nov 5, Karen Braccia, Pennsylvania
# 6,862:
10:39 am PST, Nov 5, Bridget Dellaero, Florida
# 6,861:
10:21 am PST, Nov 5, Louise Weeks, United Kingdom
# 6,860:
10:07 am PST, Nov 5, Veronica Louwrens, South Africa
dit is die vieslikste ding wat ek nog van gehoor het ek kan nie glo mense is so siek nie!!!!!!!!
# 6,859:
9:39 am PST, Nov 5, Aaron Berkley, Colorado
This is absolutely unacceptable!!!!
# 6,858:
9:13 am PST, Nov 5, JENNA Allen, Arizona
# 6,857:
9:02 am PST, Nov 5, Rita Homer, Nebraska
I can't even read the story on this as for it is to horrific and makes me cry.I think they deserve the same punishment they put these poor animals through.
# 6,856:
9:01 am PST, Nov 5, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 6,855:
8:08 am PST, Nov 5, Pat Gimarese, Florida
People who do this should be used for bait themselves. What a horrible thing to do to an animal.
# 6,854:
7:39 am PST, Nov 5, Nicole Drost, Pennsylvania
# 6,853:
5:21 am PST, Nov 5, Name not displayed, South Africa
# 6,852:
5:02 am PST, Nov 5, Name not displayed, Italy
# 6,851:
4:17 am PST, Nov 5, Christine Hansford, Arizona
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