Octopuses are some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth. These highly intelligent animals can solve puzzles, use tools, and even recognize individual humans. Sadly, despite their remarkable abilities and complex needs, octopuses are at risk of becoming the victims of a cruel and unnecessary industry: commercial farming. In these farms, octopuses are crammed into overcrowded tanks, causing them to suffer from stress, injury, and early death.
Fortunately, there's a solution: The OCTOPUS Act is a bill aiming to protect these extraordinary animals by banning commercial octopus farming in the U.S. and ensuring that no farmed octopus is imported into the country.
Sign the petition to urge Congress to pass this vital legislation and protect octopuses from cruel and unsustainable farming practices!
The OCTOPUS Act seeks to ban commercial octopus farming and restrict the importation of farmed octopus, requiring importers to certify that no farmed octopus enters the U.S. Additionally, it mandates that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collect data on international octopus harvesting practices. This is essential to ensuring that these intelligent beings are protected from cruelty and exploitation.
Octopus farming is fundamentally incompatible with the needs of these majestic beings. These creatures thrive in the wild, where they have the space and freedom to express their natural behaviors. Farming them, condemns them to a life of suffering and premature death.
In addition to the cruelty of farming, the environmental impact is severe, with pollution, antibiotics, and pesticides leaching into our oceans and harming other marine life.
Sign the petition to tell the U.S. to take action and set a national precedent by passing the OCTOPUS Act!
