We are teetering on the precipice of a catastrophic animal welfare crisis:
the world's first octopus farm is about to open. But together we can stop
it.

Add your name to demand governments worldwide immediately ban imports and
sales of farmed octopuses -- to safeguard millions of octopuses from
imminent torture and establish a global precedent deterring future farms
from being built.

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John,

The world is on the brink of an animal welfare disaster. Confidential
documents have revealed plans to build the world's first octopus farm in
Spain's Canary Islands, with an alarming capacity to raise and kill about
a million octopuses annually for food​​. It's been called "a symbol of
what humans shouldn't be doing."

Octopuses are solitary animals used to the dark, yet under these plans,
they would be kept in communal tanks, sometimes under constant light. They
would be killed by being placed in containers of water kept at freezing
temperatures, a method described as "cruel" by scientists​​. 

The proposed development of the world's first octopus farm by the company
Nueva Pescanova, as it emerges from bankruptcy, underscores the company's
susceptibility to market forces and consumer demand. And that's how,
together, we can stop it. By targeting the market for farmed octopuses, we
can exert significant economic pressure that could halt the development of
this farm and deter others from attempting similar ventures.

[ [link removed] ]Demand governments worldwide ban the sale of products derived from
farmed octopuses!

If the sale and import of products derived from farmed octopuses are
banned, it would effectively kill the market for such products. Without a
market, the financial incentive to farm octopuses disappears.

Governments play a critical role in this. By banning the import of
products from octopus farms, they can wipe out this burgeoning industry at
its inception. This is not just a measure to stop one farm, but to set a
precedent that protects octopuses and deters any future attempts to farm
these intelligent, sentient beings.

And if we fail to act in this moment: we could be on the precipice of a
slippery slope to octopus torture farms across the globe. So we must act
now -- before it's too late.

[ [link removed] ]This is an urgent call to action: to save octopuses, we must starve the
market, and our governments must lead the way. Will you join us?



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Thanks for all that you do,
David and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
BBC. 16 March 2023

[ [link removed] ]‘A symbol of what humans shouldn’t be doing’: the new world of octopus
farming
The Guardian. 25 June 2023

 

 

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