The Shrimp Welfare Project’s “Humane Slaughter” endeavor focuses on promoting and facilitating electrical stunning of farmed shrimp before they are removed from the water and asphyxiated. All of the evidence that this renders the shrimp unconscious that I’ve seen uses immobility/unresponsiveness as a proxy for unconsciousness (and thus painlessness). This seems extraordinarily poor to me, given the energy and momentum that is behind the SWP. Is that really all there is?
[Question] Why would electrically stunning shrimp reduce their suffering?
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The Shrimp Welfare Project’s “Humane Slaughter” endeavor focuses on promoting and facilitating electrical stunning of farmed shrimp before they are removed from the water and asphyxiated. All of the evidence that this renders the shrimp unconscious that I’ve seen uses immobility/unresponsiveness as a proxy for unconsciousness (and thus painlessness). This seems extraordinarily poor to me, given the energy and momentum that is behind the SWP. Is that really all there is?