No catfish on the menu!

For all you catfish lovers out there, better start stocking your freezers. We may not be able to enjoy this delicious fried delicacy much longer.

Mercy for Animals is based in Chicago. They've come to Texas to stick their noses into our catfish farms. They've especially targeted Bill Benson, owner of Catfish Corner in Kaufman County. What's he done that's so awful? He skins and slices the fish for his customers. This, according to Mercy for Animals, is cruel and unusual. We should all be vegans, they say.

Someone wrote a letter to the editor about the absurdity of the allegations. He says he supposes this means we can't farm anymore either, because there are lots of snakes, lizards, toads, mice, and other critters killed when the plows and other machinery come through and turn up the soil and reap. He makes a very good point. If we can't even farm, what are we going to eat?

My suggestion is that Mercy for Animals go on back to Chicago where they've obviously done a lot to protect cockroaches -- just look at the caliber of politicians up there.

"Catfish farm accused of torture." The Dallas Morning News; January 20, 2011; p. 5B.