Animal rights group mad about killing farm raised octopus with cold water

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I do t k ow much about this and if it’s a slow death they could probably do better but I’d say killing farm raised ones is better than taking them from the wild. This is what I do t get. So they are ok with people traveling around, polluting the ocean, and killing all sorts of other creatures over this?
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Company faces backlash over ‘cruel’ plans to farm and slaughter millions of octopuses: ‘It … should not be allowed’ — The Cool Down

“To kill them with ice would be a slow death.” A plan from big fishing company Nueva Pescanova to farm a million octopuses a year in the Canary Islands and slaughter them for food using ice water has friends of the intelligent sea creature boiling. The BBC reported on the plan after being given...
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Growing up on a farm, you don't really don't have "pet" steer or chickens, etc. They are food.

Every time I work on farm, I see those animals as food feeding people, keeping kids healthy and strong.

When I've had to dispatch chickens, steer, and other animals, I was taught how to properly do it. Never once did I feel bad, I felt good because it was good, healthy food. A lot of times, I couldn't wait to butcher up a fresh chicken and make a great meal out of it. Somehow it always tasted better.

I've eaten plenty of octopus. I prefer it fried with some low sodium soy sauce.
 
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Asians do have a thing about "fresh food" and eating some things that just don't look good to me...
There are ways to properly dispatch all creatures, and it should be done humanly.
I watched a Bovine have its throat cut by a Rabbi using this long Knife and a sawing motion...that I found disturbing, we always put a bullet in their head first, then cut & bled them out...but this is how it's been done for thousands of years.
 
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FP1201 said:
Asians do have a thing about "fresh food" and eating some things that just don't look good to me...
There are ways to properly dispatch all creatures, and it should be done humanly.
I watched a Bovine have its throat cut by a Rabbi using this long Knife and a sawing motion...that I found disturbing, we always put a bullet in their head first, then cut & bled them out...but this is how it's been done for thousands of years.
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Some Asians eat octopus while they are still alive, is that fresh enough?
 
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Drinkthekoolaid said:
I think octopus are super unique and interesting creatures.

I don't think they should be food or a delicacy but that's just my .02 cents I also don't eat weird shit and not a seafood guy at all.

If you're going to harvest something especially an intelligent animal do it as humanely as possible.
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That's my view. I don't mind people eating them. I eat calamari. The world is brutal, that's just how it is.

But kill it quick. The animal is dying for you to live. Make it a quick death out of respect.
 
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FP1201 said:
Fish and salt-water mammals do it all the time!
I've eaten shellfish right out of the water, worm or too as well...probably get gagged by a tentacle trying to eat one live. Think I'll pass.
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It’s dangerous and yes the can suction cup to your throat and choke you out. I believe it’s illegal but that could be just rumors
 
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FP1201 said:
Asians do have a thing about "fresh food" and eating some things that just don't look good to me...
There are ways to properly dispatch all creatures, and it should be done humanly.
I watched a Bovine have its throat cut by a Rabbi using this long Knife and a sawing motion...that I found disturbing, we always put a bullet in their head first, then cut & bled them out...but this is how it's been done for thousands of years.
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A lot of the food taboos, preferences, and religious requirements are throwbacks to pre-refrigeration days.

Some food just doesn't keep without refrigeration. Shellfish are a prime example.

A lot of the Kosher or Halal requirements that seem silly today would have been major evolutionary advantages for a culture in the past.

Would *you* want to eat octopus that had sat around a day after dying in a world without refrigeration ?

Seeing it killed in front of you, or seeing them live in a tank at the restaurant was a guarantee that they weren't spoiled.

A curious related notion is that spicy food is strongly correlated with hotter climates. The spice covers an off flavor.

Without refrigeration your meat will develop an off flavor a lot faster in Mexico or Thailand than it will in Norway or England.
 
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