Fish farming is animal cruelty

Imagine being imprisoned in a tiny space with hundreds of others, packed together so tightly that you can barely move, struggling as others attack you and parasites eat away at your flesh. Imagine if the only way you can escape this torture is when you are gutted alive or left to slowly suffocate to death. This is the reality for fish in intensive fish farms, one of the most overlooked forms of animal cruelty. Fish feel pain, they are self-aware, they remember, they build relationships and exhibit emotional responses. Deliberately inflicting pain and suffering on these animals is inexcusable. For too long the suffering of these sentient animals has gone unnoticed by governments all around the world. The Animal Justice Party is going to change that.

Posted by Emma Hurst - Animal Justice Party MP on Wednesday, July 1, 2020