Young man illegally fishing at MacRitchie Reservoir throws fish back into water

Young man illegally fishing at MacRitchie Reservoir throws fish back into water

Source: mothership

9/27/2022

According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident took place at around 6:30pm on Sep. 19.

A snippet of the clip showed the youth hold up the fish he caught with both hands, and proceeded to hurl the catch back into the water with force to release it.

Shin Min reported that prior to this scene, the youth wrestled with his fishing rod to reel the catch in.

Many commenters who responded to the youth's antics criticised him for illegally fishing in the reservoir and slammed him for throwing the fish back into the water as it constituted animal abuse.