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Ban octopus farms
Octopuses are sentient creatures that would suffer in captivity. Help us get a ban on octopus factories across the EU by signing the petition!
Help us get a ban on octopus factories across the EU by signing the petition!
Stop octopus farms
Octopus farming raises octopuses in captivity for the commercial sale of their meat. We have a chance to be proactive and act before octopus factories are established. It is easier and more effective to stop a new industry than to try to ban it when facilities have already been built.
From freedom to captivity
The terrifying fact that an octopus factory could become a reality is not far away. Watch and share Project 1882's video "from freedom to captivity".
Ban octopus farming
Octopus farming raises major ethical and environmental concerns and has drawn public backlash from around the world. Octopuses are animals with charismatic and curious personalities, complex behaviors and needs, and have been shown to be highly intelligent. They are excellent problem solvers and can use tools such as seashells to protect themselves from predators. Octopuses are solitary animals. A life in captivity with other octopuses can lead to aggression and cannibalism. Octopuses are sentient creatures and this industry would lead to enormous suffering.
For several years, the company Nueva Pescanova has been trying to obtain a permit to open the world’s first octopus farm in Las Palmas, Spain. Project 1882, in collaboration with researchers and other animal rights organizations, has succeeded in stopping the construction. However, there is a risk that this type of factories could be established elsewhere.
We have a chance to be proactive and act before octopus factories are established. It is easier and more effective to stop a new industry than to try to ban it when facilities have already been built.
Project 1882, therefore, calls on the European Commission to ban the breeding of octopuses throughout the EU in order to stop the major suffering this industry would cause.
Ban octopus farming
Octopuses are sentient creatures that would suffer in captivity. Help us get a ban on octopus factories across the EU by signing the petition!
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End the cruelty
This is cruel and I do.not agree with farming octopus
So cruel, octopus are amazing
In 2020, the world was delighted by the story of the friendship between a man and an octopus in the hit Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher, which raised awareness of how intelligent octopuses are. It's disgusting that we're now thinking of farming them intensively.
Les saumons, les poules, les cochons, les lapins, les vaches … Et maintenant les poulpes. Aucun animal n'échappera donc à la cruauté des élevages intensifs et des humains ?
Why would you farm such intelligent beings?
I am against animal abuse for all kind of animals
Das ist Tierqälerei
I dislike cruelty towards all sentient life. An octopus is intelligent and feels pain. There is no humane way to kill any living creature.