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From: "Stop Octopus Torture, Ekō" <us at eko.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2023 10:11 +03:00
Subject: Octopus farm -- you've signed, can you do one more thing...

It's "a symbol of what humans shouldn't be doing."


            Hi Alexey, you've already signed this petition -- can you help 
us out by sharing it with one other person you know and getting them to 
sign? If everyone did that we could double our signatures in no time and 
massively increase the pressure we can apply to stop this horrific farm.


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             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.

                         Sign the petition


            Alexey,

            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.

            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.

            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?


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


            More information:

            World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists
            BBC. 16 March 2023

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








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From: Alexey Zimenko
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2023 3:30 AM
Subject: Fwd: Octopus farm


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