SEATTLE -- PETA is urging the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) to cancel a fish-throwing demonstration by Pike Place Fish Market fishmongers at an upcoming Seattle convention.

In a letter sent to the AVMA, PETA says if the demonstration is to be held then they will provide rubber fish in place of the real fish.

PETA says that "fish are intelligent, sensitive animals who deserve better than to be torn from their ocean homes, only to have their corpses used as toys at a convention of veterinarians."

The veterinarians have not yet responded to PETA.

An assistant manager at the Pike Place Fish Market, Justin Hall, says workers there respect fish because it's their livelihood and they take pride in having the best seafood.

Read PETA’s press release and letter to the AVMA here.