Proper now, we’ve got a chance to construct on the success of Washington State’s ban on octopus farming in California. Working collectively, we will preempt the rise of octopus farming – an business that would trigger octopuses immense struggling and whose environmental affect can be “far-reaching and detrimental,” in response to researchers.
California residents: Electronic mail or name your state Senator as we speak and urge them to assist A.B. 3162, the Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act. Uncover who your California Senator is right here and discover their contact data right here. Be happy to make use of our recommended messaging beneath:
“As your constituent, I urge you to assist A.B. 3162 to oppose inhumane and unsustainable octopus farming in California waters. Researchers have discovered that octopus farming would trigger struggling to thousands and thousands of sentient octopuses and immense hurt to our oceans, that are already dealing with the devastating impacts of local weather change, fisheries, and aquaculture. Thanks in your considerate consideration.”