Stop Live Crayfish and Live Fishes in Tanks in Restaurants in Aotearoa New Zealand

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The issue

I want to stop Live Crayfish Tanks and Fishes Tanks in restaurants in Aotearoa because they are places of torture for Crayfish/Lobsters and Fish awaiting an extremely cruel and prolonged slaughter without stunning.

Crayfish/Lobsters and Fish await this cruel slaughter in overcrowded, barren and brightly lit tanks.

They are subjected to noise, bright lighting, often with plastic tags or their claws bound, these naturally solitary animals may suffer from stress, injury, overheating and dehydration.  They are often not fed enough and have to be kept in these tanks for many months in unsanitary conditions.

The likelihood that decapod crustaceans can feel pain is supported by the fact that they have opioid receptors and that they respond to opioids in a similar way to vertebrates."https://www.onekind.scot/are-lobsters-crabs-and-octopuses-sentient/

"The fact that lobsters or crayfish are voiceless in the human understanding of the word doesn't mean we shouldn't listen to what scientists are telling us about them." animalsaustralia.org

"In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people." Ruth Harrison

Decapod crustaceans are ancient creatures and need to be protected. 

Electrical stunning is the only "humane death."All other procedures are very cruel and result in suffering for a long time.

Exploitation is rife in our society which values everyone including humans in terms of the dollar.

Many species are ostensibly extinct in Te Tīkapa Moana O Hauraki/The Hauraki Gulf.

Destroying everything is a hopeless way to act and can only lead to our own eventual and possibly quite rapid extinction!

"When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife."

Ingrid E. Newkirk

 

 

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Emere McDonaldPetition starterI am an animal and environmental activist who is very concerned with overfishing in the Hauraki Gulf and the practice of having live fish tanks in restaurants in Aotearoa.

The Decision Makers

PM Christopher Luxon
PM Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
Hon Shane Jones
Hon Shane Jones
Minister for Oceans and Fisheries
Hon Wayne Brown
Hon Wayne Brown
Mayor of Tāmaki Makurau/Auckland
Chloe Swarbrick
Chloe Swarbrick
MP for Auckland Central
SAFE
SAFE
Save Animals From Exploitation

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