The Connecticut Department of Correction and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have apparently reached agreement: Fish are not "swimming vegetables."
The Correction Department has confirmed that it will offer vegetarian substitutes for fish in the meals it provides to prison inmate Howard Cosby, after the PETA Foundation threatened litigation claiming infringement of Cosby's religious beliefs. Matthew Strugar, a PETA Foundation attorney, said that Cosby is a Buddhist who "practices a lifestyle of nonviolence that involves refraining from eating animal flesh, including fish." In a letter earlier this month, PETA claimed that prison staff had repeatedly refused to stop serving Cosby meals containing fish.
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