mumbai just in time for world toilet day november 19 people for the ethical treatment of animals peta india supporters are stocking bathrooms in restaurants and other public facilities in kolkata with rolls of toilet paper printed with the message fish farms keep fish in such poor conditions that parasites diseases and injuries are common many farms also feed fish human waste making eating fish an especially crappy thing to do wipe cruelty from your diet go vegan the public has a right to know that the fish they consume may have been fed human excrement and this cheeky toilet paper will help them learn the truth says peta india ceo dr manilal valliyate peta india is encouraging anyone disgusted at the thought of filthy fish farms to keep all sensitive animals off their plates in favour of clean and vibrant vegan meals he addedas explained 10000 tonnes of human wastefed fishes are reared in the east kolkata wetlands each year fish forced to swim in human excrement are said to have fed at least three generations of kolkatas residents the practice of selling sewagefed fish to consumers also exists in bhopal chennai and nagpurpeta india whose motto reads in part that animals are not ours to eat notes that scientific studies confirm what marine biologists have been saying for years fish feel pain just as all other animals do an issue of the us publication fish and fisheries cited more than 500 research papers on fish intelligence showing that they have impressive longterm memories and sophisticated social structures however those killed for consumption are impaled crushed suffocated or gutted all while theyre still conscious on fish farms theyre confined to cramped filthy enclosures underwater parasitic infections diseases and injuries are common there when fish are caught from the seas dolphins turtles and other animals are pulled up along with target fish in nets and the injured animals are thrown overboard where they fall victim to swarming birds or slowly bleed to death