Compassion Over Killing has just released a horrific undercover video shedding light on the cruel treatment of fish and filthy living conditions at a Cooke Aquaculture hatchery.
The footage of the salmon farm reveals appalling animal cruelty committed by workers, who slam fish to the ground or stomp on them in an attempt to kill them, toss them roughly, and leave them to suffocate in piles.
COK’s investigation also reveals the disgusting conditions the fish are forced to endure.
“Fungus ate away his face,” declares a worker holding a fish above the water.
The fish need vaccinations to prevent illness in the disease-ridden facility, and many show signs of spinal deformities and fungal growth. Some fish are so underfed that they eat the eyes of other fish, mistaking them for food.
This is nothing new for aquaculture. The industry claims to be a better alternative to overfished oceans, but cruelty is rampant. Due to the high-stress, crowded and foul conditions, farmed fish often don’t even survive long enough to be shipped to slaughter.
Contrary to popular belief, scientists agree that fish do experience pain. Yet in the aquaculture industry, the animals are often fully conscious during slaughter or otherwise die a slow, painful death as they bleed out or suffocate. Sometimes employees beat fish repeatedly or freeze them to death.
The magnitude of suffering is staggering. Cooke Aquaculture’s Bingham facility alone raises millions of fish each year, distributing to Central Market, QVC and Samuel & Sons Seafood, as well as True North Seafood, which works with Martha Stewart.
Maine’s Animal Welfare Program has opened an investigation of the Bingham facility after the release of this video. Still, few protections exist to save fish from suffering.
One way anyone can help: Leave fish off your plate and seek plant-based, cruelty free foods instead.
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Horrific cruelty!
Any act of abuse and cruelty to any living animal , fish or birds belong with the same if not stricter laws then humans being murdered ! Because look at it this way if these individuals are sick enough to do these things to animals they Will do the same to another human being ! It is time ( past time ) to rid our world of all the evil and hateful beings from any and all of our communities to protect all life forms !
Horrible! I believe all animals are sentient beings including fish!
Protection for the fish/salmon needs to be another law.
Unbelievable cruelty done towards these helpless defenseless sentient beings are NOT true human beings. These are pure evil two legged monsters. Employ the people who have bleeding hearts. NOT these scumbags. these subhumans must be thrown out of those hatcheries right away.
How awful! Please close this facility!!
DISGUISTING
This is DISGUSTING!!!!
Animal abusers are the lowest form of filth. Animals deserve a LOUD voice to protect them from monsters who think it’s ok to hurt them, and get away with it!!
Cruelty needs to END!
The human race is deteriorating rapidly.
Very sad that these completely hire such low life sick people.
What has happened to integrity.
I am so thankful that I became a vegetarian years ago. And everything I hear about in the farming and sea life industry makes me know I made the right decision.
What is wrong with plant-based foods? Cruelty is so evil. GOD’s creations deserve respect.Would you want to be stomped or put in a freezer…placed in a pile to slowly die? I can’t stand it. I will NEVER eat anything except fruits, veggies, nuts, herbs or bread. They don’t have faces and can’t be named a pet name. Your treatment of these salmon could easily make people eating your salmon very sick. Fungus is serious. Eating of eyeballs means severe hunger. God is watching.
No to torture of salmon fish. Will not buy salmon fish.
Fund not cruelty but humane diets and job retraining. No to fish torture. We are not buying your fish, not your salmon fish.
There is simply no other way to keep cruelty out of the food industry except to go vegan. There is really no excuse anyone can make to justify this business.
Is there not a industry dealing with animals either water or land that humans don’t abuse. Sicking,, disgusting… turned me off to eating salmon
DON’T BE CRUEL WITH ANIMALS, THEY DON’T DESERVE IT
DON’T BE CRUEL WITH ANIMALS, THEY DON’T DESERVE IT
Only human garbage work in places that kill animal/fish! No one needs to eat meat anyway.
WATCH THESE CRUEL BEING’S !!! DO NOT TRUST THEM ,,,, INNOCENT LIVING ANIMALS COULD BE ENDANGER !!!
This makes me realize that eating any animals is cruel and vicious. I will stop doing so.
Absolutely despicable there is something very wrong with these “men”
Yes, BOYCOTT the farm fish industry.
To think these poor fish suffer so much and the salmon are stamped on and beaten against objects and they end up on someones plate and you do not know what that poor fish has suffered or what germs you are eating,because of the filth they live in on Salmon farms and being stamped on.I know I cannot stand even a fish to suffer,it maybe a just a fish but every living creature suffers,everyone feels pain and anguish and torture,If you work with these creatures show them kindness stop torturing and abusing them,its so sad that some not all humans are so nasty to the animals they work with,Look into your heart if you have one..
The more new evil exposed each & every day regarding the cruelty to Fish, the more I KNOW we must all — GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN — HOW do we STOP this horror? — WHO oversees these Fish farms? — in truth, these PSYCHOS, employers & employees alike, should be thrown in prison — YET, there they are — continuing with their unconscionable, depraved evil to Fish — I want to hurl — one way to STOP this heinous crime is to GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN — GO VEGAN.
These kind of demonic ppl know they can get away with this because our legal system is so incredibly lacking. Find these ppl, FINE/SUE them, work them in fixing the failing shelters,
Das ist doch wirklich die ABSOLUTE UNTERSTE
SCHUBLADE. Sind die denn alle Völlig BEKLOPPT
DAS DARF DOCH NICHT WAHR SEIN SO ETWAS
GRAUENHAFTES.DIE GEHÖREN WEGGESPERRT IN EIN VERLIES UND DEN SCHLÜSSEL WEGGESCHMISSEN.
How vile. Stop salmon farming. More veganism.
stop this horror!
The State of Maine needs to close this place down. Inhumane treatment and such cruelty needs to be prohibited.
There needs to be accountability in ALL food industries. We need enough resources to police these industries. Thank you Compassion Over Killing for your oversight. When the USDA and FDA are given the green light to perform fewer inspections, or when bribery is possible, we see these heartbreaking and unhealthy results. Sadly we have not advanced very far since Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle.”
PLEASE, PEOPLE…GO VEGAN. WE DID YEARS AGO! NO REGRETS
Put an end to this cruelty!
Put an end to this horrific cruelty!
I do not understand why food and cruelty seem to go hand in hand!
We must stop this and become kinder people.
How disgusting, I am glad I am a vegetarian!
The horrific treatment of salmon at these farms is not acceptable. People need to demand change in the way “food” Farms treat animals- ALL ANIMALS!!!
This is wrong this people deserve to be punished for this evil act
Disgusting and disgraceful. This should be very tightly regulated and licensed. Licences should be withdrawn if any mistreatment is found.
There is one of these faux “TESCUE SHLTER” stores right now inside the Westminster Mall in Westminster, CAon Bolsa and Goldenwest 92683.
PERMANENTLY END ENABLING PUPPY MILLS NOW!!!!
Please take action where appropriate and send a lesson to this Company.
Hey, I am sure there are abuses out there, just like there are abuses in the homes across the world, but this is fish. Yeah, there is a right and wrong way to do anything, but come one guys……………..
Camera’s will definitely be a reminder to adhere
Of course it’s horrible, but being hooked through your mouth, or caught in a gill net, and being pulled out to suffocate is no picnic, either. We need to try to do no harm, or at least as little as possible.
Of the joy of sport fishing!