Washington forced shutdown follows bans in California, Oregon, & Alaska OLYMPIA, Washington––Sea pen fish farming––if Cooke Aquaculture complies with a November 18, 2022 order from Washington state public lands commissioner Hilary Franz––is within two weeks of abolition along the entire west coast of the United States. The Franz order, unfortunately, may not be a win […]
Florida paradox: Kill a fish, go to jail; kill a million fish, go to market
“These were not just animals” STUART, Florida––Florida authorities, for the fifth time in sixth years, are pursuing a case of alleged cruelty to fish, a category of offense barely recognized anywhere else. Paradoxically, four million Floridians fish, more than the fishing populations of California and Texas combined, and indeed more people than fish in any […]
Sustainability: salmon taste, texture, odor replicated by pond scum
And the pond scum will be healthier than salmon for you & Planet Earth HERZELIA, IsraeI; BATON ROUGE, Louisiana; WASHINGTON D.C.––Far from the longtime hubs of the salmon industry, along the coasts of the North Sea and the Pacific Northwest, the future of both canned and fresh salmon may be determined by desert greenhouses […]
Banning U.S. imports of Russian fish could help Ukraine & help the fish too
Why was the U.S. still buying Russian fish while boycotting Russian oil, gas, coal, & even vodka? WASHINGTON D.C.––Fish were the last major category of U.S. imports from Russia not yet embargoed by the U.S. government in protest of the February 24, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden on March 8, 2022 […]
“Eejit” John Robins shuffles off after 41 years fighting for animals in Scotland
Transformed sleepy Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society into butt-kicking Animal Concern DUMBARTON, Scotland––John Frederick Robins, 64, probably the most colorful and dynamic animal advocate in Scottish history, despite his self-conferred title “The Eejit,” has announced his impending retirement after 41 years of directing pro-animal campaigns initially for Friends of the Earth, but chiefly as campaigns manager and […]
If plants have feelings, how does this affect our advocacy for animals?
by Karen Davis, PhD, president of United Poultry Concerns Can a tree be “strategically responsive, and exhibit kinship, or a sense of self? Is a tree intelligent?” ––Rebecca Giggs, “The Trees Are Talking,” The Atlantic, July /August 2021, published online as A Better Way to Look at Trees. This intriguing article in The Atlantic recounts […]
Complaining that seals cause “stress,” farm cuts gills from salmon alive
John Robins: “Salmon farming is cruel, plain and simple.” STORNOWAY, Scotland––The Danish-owned Scottish Salmon Company, just three weeks after complaining to media about seal attacks “stressing” farmed Atlantic salmon near Portree on Skye, has been exposed in undercover video obtained by Animal Equality U.K. for allegedly allowing routine cruelty in processing on a scale […]
Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads
U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act brought law to save seals in Scottish waters EDINBURGH, Scotland––Seal-shooting salmon farmers have a £5,000 price on their heads, posted by Animal Concern Scotland on February 1, 2021. The reward is specifically for information leading to the first successful prosecution under a new Scottish seal protection law, adopted on […]
Fish farming foe Kurt Oddekalv, no bunny-hugger, dies trying to save dog
The dog died too Fish farming foe Kurt Willy Oddekalv, 63, on January 11, 2020 died from drowning and hypothermia suffered in attempting to rescue his daughter’s dog Kompis, who had fallen through ice on a lake near their home in Kalandseidet, Bergen, Norway. The dog Kompis was found dead nearby. As a sergeant in the […]
Florida fishers break ranks to denounce cruelty to fish
Nothing suggests fishers are becoming as sensitive as fish themselves, but even discussing fish sentience & suffering marks a sea change SARASOTA, Florida––Cruelty to fish, just a few years ago, was a topic attracting little attention, and only derision from media serving recreational fishers, but three topics hotly discussed in Florida during October 2020 […]