The Washington State Standard is reporting on a new bill, that will outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus. The bill was sponsored by our own Representative Adam Bernbaum (D-Port Angeles).
The full story is at the link above, but let me just state my support for this bill. In fact, our family stopped eating octopus and squid years ago, and you should consider not eating it as well.
Octopus have been around on this planet for millions of years longer than us. They appear from many studies to show human like traits and exhibet pain and suffering similar to us. The study, found here from none other than the London School of Economics showed distinct traits of sentience in these creatures along with many other similar creatures, i.e. cuttlefish, crab and squid.
I think that we can easily do without these on our dinner plates. I hope you join me and my wife in supporting House Bill 1608 and the previous bill 1153 that outlawed octopus farming in Washington and the new one that ends the economic market for these creatures.
Filed under: Aquaculture, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection, Washington State |
Thank you Al. I agree with you. We don’t need to eat octopus.And I enjoyed octopus and calamari most of my life.