That is absolutely not comparable and equates to FUD. In a healthy and normally operating ecosystem hierarchies of animals exist and make sure the ecosystem stays in balance. Yes, there are predators killing octopuses and crabs out there in the wild, but it's not to sell them in underwater restaurants and boutiques for a hefty markup to finance the underwater economy. Every animal that kills other animals, apart from humans, does so either for nutritional or recreational reasons. If it's the latter, it is never out of proportion. You don't see a wolf population completely eliminating a population of [animal in a lower hierarchy], they will reduce their population but never endanger the species themselves. What humans are doing is exactly that: we are killing such huge amounts of different species, tagt we are often enda
Hold it. Apparently, the motivation here is to acknowledge that these animals are somehow sentient; in other words, if any law is passed, it will be to prohibit practices that make these animals suffer. Nothing is said here about depredation of these animals populations. So, IMO, a lobster boiled alive will suffer just as much as a lobster crushed by the jaws of a hungry seal. So, do we need to legally protect them from seals and its horrific hunting practices?
You seem to be conflating two very different issues. Sustainable harvest and humane practices.
Having humane handling laws doesn't do anything to ensure a sustainable fishery. Conversely, having a sustainable fishery doesn't mean that the animals are handled humanely.
