The Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act (S. 4810), which would ban commercial octopus farming in the U.S. and prohibit imports of farmed octopus from foreign countries, has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Octopuses have highly complex mental abilities and a strong need for enrichment that simply cannot be met in intensive farming environments. On farms, octopuses would be cruelly overcrowded, causing significant stress, aggression, and high mortality. Farming practices also pose serious threats to the environment, marine ecosystems and biodiversity, and public health by spreading pollution and zoonotic pathogens, such as cholera.
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