Australian politician posts about shrimp welfare
Georgie Purcell is a Member of Parliament in the Australian state of Victoria. She’s one of the few elected members of the Animal Justice Party.
She’s just posted on instagram about shrimp eyestalk ablation. This is the first time I’ve seen this mentioned outside of the Effective Altruism context and it suggests to me that the idea is gaining attention.
The context is that shrimps (“prawns”, we usually call them) are often eaten at Christmas/New Years in Australia.
Great to see.
The animal party in the Netherlands did something even more bold back in mid 2024
“Thanks to a proposal put forward by the Party for the Animals and approved by the House of Representatives, the Dutch government will be pushing for a European import ban on shrimps whose eyes have been cut off without the use of an anaesthetic. The Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality will also be calling on Dutch supermarkets to stop selling these mistreated shrimps.”
https://www.partyfortheanimals.com/pt/a-successful-achievement-the-dutch-house-of-representatives-aims-to-end-eyestalk-ablation-in-shrimp