Prawn (shrimp) farming horror
kingofcrunk
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Recently on an episode of 'Food Unwrapped' I learnt something horrific and extremely disturbing about the way in which prawns (or shrimps for the US people) are farmed for food production.
Prawns are farmed mainly in Thailand. Prawn anatomy is such that where there optic nerve connects to their brain is also where reproduction is controlled. So if you rip out one of the eyes of the female prawns they have no control over their egg production and so produce eggs uncontrollably. This obviously leads to increased reproduction which is good for prawn farming.
Therefore many prawn farms simply rip out one of the eyes of the female prawns. The food standards agency recommend this is done with a razor blade but there are no laws and as it is quicker to do by hand that is often what happens. I find this sort of abuse disgusting and upsetting.
Prawns are farmed mainly in Thailand. Prawn anatomy is such that where there optic nerve connects to their brain is also where reproduction is controlled. So if you rip out one of the eyes of the female prawns they have no control over their egg production and so produce eggs uncontrollably. This obviously leads to increased reproduction which is good for prawn farming.
Therefore many prawn farms simply rip out one of the eyes of the female prawns. The food standards agency recommend this is done with a razor blade but there are no laws and as it is quicker to do by hand that is often what happens. I find this sort of abuse disgusting and upsetting.
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That's horrendous. Animal abuse of any kind just so upsets me. Poor things. And we are supposed to be the civilised species!!0
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Unfortunately a lot of farmed food production involves cruelty, and not just to the farmed creatures, the workers lives& conditions are often very bad when compared to Western standards, but may not be compared to their own country
Cheap food does come at a price, but not to the consumer
For this reason I only eat free range poultry & eggs, and British [no sow stalls], ideally free range pork products. I also avoid most lamb, slaughtered mostly using Halal ritual, this includes all New Zealand lamb, I realise not every one is able to afford this but I can & do where possible0 -
Things like this make me gals I'm vegetarian.0
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This is a reminder of why i eat meat less and less.0
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If it helps, from what we know about neuronal anatomy, it is apparent that shrimp (and other invertebrates) do not have pain receptors so do not appear to feel pain.0
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Shrimpin' aint easy!0
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Shrimpin' aint easy!
Its hard out here for a shrimp0 -
Shrimpin' aint easy!
Its hard out here for a shrimp
When he trying to get his money for the rent0 -
Shrimpin' aint easy!
Its hard out here for a shrimp
When he trying to get his money for the rent
Is he keeping his shrimp hand strong?0 -
yum shrimps.
sea insects are yummy. Especially the crunchy eyeballs. Glad they only remove one.0 -
Between insecticides and combines, vegetable farming is no picnic for insects either.0
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you should be more concerned with the amount of antibiotics pumped into the asian fish / shrimp farms to keep the animals alive until they're turned into food.0
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Damn prawns
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For this reason I only eat free range poultry & eggs, and British [no sow stalls], ideally free range pork products. I also avoid most lamb, slaughtered mostly using Halal ritual, this includes all New Zealand lamb, I realise not every one is able to afford this but I can & do where possible
So as long as your animal leads a fun and happy life before you kill it and eat it then it's ok? Sort of like killing calves for veal is cruel but if you let it grow up to be a cow then it's all good? It amazes me the perceptions people have to justify their ideals! I'm pretty sure the animals aren't thinking that they're having a great life right up until the one really bad day at the end.0 -
I'm pretty sure the animals aren't thinking that they're having a great life right up until the one really bad day at the end.
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For this reason I only eat free range poultry & eggs, and British [no sow stalls], ideally free range pork products. I also avoid most lamb, slaughtered mostly using Halal ritual, this includes all New Zealand lamb, I realise not every one is able to afford this but I can & do where possible
So as long as your animal leads a fun and happy life before you kill it and eat it then it's ok? Sort of like killing calves for veal is cruel but if you let it grow up to be a cow then it's all good? It amazes me the perceptions people have to justify their ideals! I'm pretty sure the animals aren't thinking that they're having a great life right up until the one really bad day at the end.
While I don't care, mokey is right that your logic is flawed. Love meat, eat meat.0 -
Shrimpin' aint easy!
Its hard out here for a shrimp
When he trying to get his money for the rent
Is he keeping his shrimp hand strong?
Yeah, but only if you're a shirmp and not an assistant shrimp0 -
For this reason I only eat free range poultry & eggs, and British [no sow stalls], ideally free range pork products. I also avoid most lamb, slaughtered mostly using Halal ritual, this includes all New Zealand lamb, I realise not every one is able to afford this but I can & do where possible
So as long as your animal leads a fun and happy life before you kill it and eat it then it's ok? Sort of like killing calves for veal is cruel but if you let it grow up to be a cow then it's all good? It amazes me the perceptions people have to justify their ideals! I'm pretty sure the animals aren't thinking that they're having a great life right up until the one really bad day at the end.
While I don't care, mokey is right that your logic is flawed. Love meat, eat meat.
what ever, your choice, I have made mine0 -
Well that's icky to the max.0
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I don't eat the eyes anyway. Well, at least most of the time. What's the point again?0
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It's a shrimp. A crustacean. A sea creature that has no pain receptors.
I'm okay with eating them. Even the one-eyed ones. Although I've eaten hundreds of shrimp heads in my life, and pretty sure every one of them had two eyes.0 -
What goes on in the United States is more disturbing.0
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In the land of the blind shrimp, the one-eyed shrimp is king. So there's that...0
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In the land of the blind shrimp, the one-eyed shrimp is king. So there's that...
Here, a wise one, he is0 -
Shrimp are yummy0
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what can a two eyed prawn see that a one eyed prawn cant?0
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I don't eat the eyes anyway. Well, at least most of the time. What's the point again?
Not sure. Pinch the tails and suck the heads.0 -
snapshot of one of my fav dishes while in japan....the prawn were bigger than the plate. nomnomnom.
edited to say my prawn always had both eyes, so alls fair =X0 -
"I'm notta shrimp, Imma PRAWN...n'okay?"
I was going to photoshop a little eye patch on him, but it was too much trouble...
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This thread is awesome.0
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