A shocking undercover investigation from Israeli
animal rights group Anonymous reveals horrific animal abuse at a
fish factory farm.
The heartbreaking footage exposes fish kept in crowded and filthy tanks filled with toxic pesticides. You can see
these poor animals covered with parasites and suffering from painful injuries
and diseases.
What’s more, workers at the factory farm
intentionally starve the fish for days, throw them on the ground and step on
them as if they were mere objects, allow them to suffocate slowly, dismember them
alive, and freeze them to death.
Watch the shocking video yourself.
This isn’t the first time the commercial fishing industry has been caught abusing
animals. Earlier this year, undercover footage of salmon factory
farms off Vancouver Island revealed blind, emaciated salmon swimming in their own
feces. According to the video, a 17-year report discovered that sea lice from
one of the fish farms had been killing young wild salmon.
Because fish factory farms confine so many
fish in small, filthy enclosures, they are perfect breeding
grounds for parasites. In fact, in 2016 an outbreak of sea lice spread from Scandinavia to Chile. To
combat the growing epidemic of sea lice, salmon factory farms import tons of wild-caught wrasse. As
“cleaner fish, wrasse consume parasites, but importing wrasse wreaks havoc on
native fish populations.
Factory-farmed fish endure lives of misery in crowded, waste-filled pools. A 2016 study
notes that farmed salmon become “so depressed they give up on life. Whether
they’re farmed or caught, fish are capable of experiencing pain and fear much
like land animals. Not only is killing them for food unnecessary; it’s
inhumane, unsustainable, and unhealthy.
To make matters worse, fish are slaughtered in
incredibly cruel ways. In 2011 Mercy For Animals conducted an undercover
investigation at a fish slaughter facility and exposed
fish being skinned alive. They thrashed and fought to escape the
workers’ knives. As the fish gasped for oxygen, workers ripped off their skin
with pliers.
Additionally, a recent report from the British
Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy found that a
whopping 70 percent of fish slaughterhouses failed to comply
with environmental regulations.
It’s clear that the seafood industry values
profits over the environment and the well-being of fish.
Thankfully, we can withdraw our support by
leaving aquatic life off our plates and switching to a compassionate vegan
diet. Click here
to learn more. And check out these cruelty-free, sea-inspired recipes.