Tag: #RethinkFish

Compassion Launches Second Wave of #RethinkFish Campaign to Push for Change in Fish Welfare Provision

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is boosting its efforts to improve the lives of the trillions of fish killed annually for human consumption, by launching phase two of its #RethinkFish campaign, encouraging the five major global fish certification schemes to set minimum standards to protect fish welfare. Fish are sentient beings. They can feel pain, stress, and fear, as well as experience positive emotions, social bonds, and advanced intelligence. Raising awareness of their sentience – not a well-recognised trait in fish – was the focus of Compassion’s original #RethinkFish campaign launched…

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Compassion Calls on Food Industry to #RethinkFish

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is turning its focus on fish with the launch of their new #RethinkFish campaign to help improve the welfare of the trillions of fish – both farmed and wild – which are used for human consumption every year. The aim of the campaign is to raise general awareness of the sentience of fish and specifically issues such as overcrowding on intensive fish farms where disease and parasites can thrive, and the inhumane slaughter methods that are widely used. Thanks to programmes like David Attenborough’s Blue Planet,…

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