toad.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Mastodon server operated by David Troy, a tech pioneer and investigative journalist addressing threats to democracy. Thoughtful participation and discussion welcome.

Administered by:

Server stats:

227
active users

#stopoctopusfarming

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Richard Ashwell<p>I am an Octopus (Narrated by Peter Egan) </p><p>I am an octopus trapped in a tiny tank,<br>Crowded prison cells, which they call farms.<br>It’s dark, dirty and deadly,<br>I can’t stretch my eight arms.<br> <br>I am an octopus trapped in a tiny tank.<br>No solitude or peace, I weep and shake,<br>So a greedy two-armed man can take cash to the bank.<br>I don’t yet know how to get out and dream of escape…</p><p>I am an octopus who is free to roam the salty seas.<br>With eight arms I jet along the ocean floor.<br>I crawl, I climb and through rocks I squeeze,<br>To forage for food and explore.<br> <br>When I feel sleepy or want to hide away,<br>I build a den using shells from scallops and clams.<br>When I see a shark, I fear I’ll become prey,<br>So my skin goes lumpy, bumpy, and changes color.</p><p>My home, the ocean, is dying. <br>Men steal fishes from the sea to feed us.<br>They say breeding us will save the planet, but they are lying.<br>The octopus farms cause me and the ocean so much harm.<br> <br>The two-armed man artificially impregnates the females.<br>Then he prods and stabs us to find out how best to kill us.<br>Big business is trying to play God,<br>But Mother Nature strikes back with climate chaos.<br> <br>I am an octopus but I am like you.<br>On the surface we may look very different -<br>Your blood is red and mine is blue,<br>You have one brain and I have nine.<br> <br>Don’t eat my brainy arms,<br>They think and feel and are not for you to chew!<br>Drop your knife and raise your placards,<br>And shout out ‘NO, to octopus farms!’ </p><p>Make your one heart big,<br>Listen to my one, two, three hearts beat.<br>The free rhythms of this short song called life<br>Ring-a-ding-ding ring–a-ding-ding, be my octopus defender!<br> <br>Swimming in the ocean I feel so alive,<br>Now planet Earth can bustle and thrive.<br>Dive deep and show compassion,<br>Link your arms in octopus fashion,<br> <br>And sign the Plant Based Treaty!</p><p>They wander through the ocean and seas,<br>To undo the damage we have done.<br>So let’s eat plants and plant trees, <br>And preach that all life is one,<br> <br>And that when humans wish to harm other animals, they really do evil to themselves.</p><p>Narration by: Peter Egan</p><p>Script written by: Nicola Harris, Anita Krajnc</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZLp-JVEJQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZLp-JVEJ</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FactoryFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactoryFarms</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FactoryFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactoryFarming</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Plant Based Treaty's petition to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> has over 140,000 signatures. They held global days of actions outside Spanish embassies and mobilised <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnvironmentalScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalScientists</span></a> to submit objections to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pescanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pescanova</span></a> 's planning application. With your help, they can do so much more to save these magnificient creatures.</p><p>Yours truly,<br>Peter Egan</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PeterEgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterEgan</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SaveOctopuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOctopuses</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SaveOurSeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSeas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BanOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PlantBasedTreaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlantBasedTreaty</span></a>🐙 🌊 </p><p>4/4</p><p><a href="https://www.drove.com/campaign/6202d5ca01cf365ea19492a3?utm_source=droveShare&amp;utm_medium=copy+link&amp;skey=.2vFz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drove.com/campaign/6202d5ca01c</span><span class="invisible">f365ea19492a3?utm_source=droveShare&amp;utm_medium=copy+link&amp;skey=.2vFz</span></a></p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>'i am an octopus' is a short animated film that illustrates the folly in farming our eight-limbed friends.<br><a href="https://youtu.be/o-ZLp-JVEJQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/o-ZLp-JVEJQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>sign the petition: <a href="https://drove.com/.2vFz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">drove.com/.2vFz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/octopusFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopusFarm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/peteregan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peteregan</span></a></p>
Kim<p>📢 A proposed octopus farm in the Canary Islands threatens the lives of an estimated one million intelligent beings each year. Will you join me in emailing the Canary Islands government and stand against this cruelty? <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EndIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndIt</span></a> bit.ly/stop-octopus-farms</p>
Luis Falcon<p>Empieza el International Save The Octopuses Fest <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SavetheOctopuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SavetheOctopuses</span></a> en <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/grancanaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grancanaria</span></a>. Estamos hasta las 23:30 en La Plaza del Pilar. <br>¡Te esperamos! Tenemos que evitar que <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Pescanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pescanova</span></a> cree una factoría donde pretende matar 1 millón de animales sintientes al año!!! Una aberración desde la ética, derechos de los animales, medioambiental, que sólo beneficia a unos pocos empresarios. <br>Aquí está el programa: 👇 <br><a href="https://pacma.es/noticias/international-save-the-octopuses-fest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pacma.es/noticias/internationa</span><span class="invisible">l-save-the-octopuses-fest/</span></a><br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GoVegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoVegan</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PACMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PACMA</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SaveTheOctopusesFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheOctopusesFest</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SaveTheOctopuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheOctopuses</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StopOctopusFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarm</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElCapitalismoMata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElCapitalismoMata</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LiberacionAnimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiberacionAnimal</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GlobalExposome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalExposome</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RompiendoCadenas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RompiendoCadenas</span></a></p>
Luis Falcon<p>Desde <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PACMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PACMA</span></a>:<br>40-60 tanques de engorde; 550-650 tanques de asentamiento; 90-100 tanques de paralarvas; 22-36 tanques de cría; millones de pulpos, sufrimiento sin fin. Dile al Cabildo de Gran Canaria para <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DetenerLaGranjaDePulpos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DetenerLaGranjaDePulpos</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LiberacionAnimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiberacionAnimal</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vegan</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GranCanaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GranCanaria</span></a></p>
Herbivore<p>"We’ve joined forces with 42 groups worldwide in urging the Canary Islands Government to block what would be the world´s first large-scale octopus farm. The plans would see hundreds of thousands of these hyperintelligent beings commercially reared in cramped tanks every year before being slaughtered for food 💔</p><p>Let’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> now, tag @PresiCan, and tell them what you think of the plans! 🐙 </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternationalOctopusDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalOctopusDay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OctopusDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OctopusDay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/worldoctopusday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldoctopusday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/animalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animalrights</span></a>"<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyIoo1ooE9Q/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/reel/CyIoo1ooE9Q</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p>
Ann Van Gyseghem<p>Roep een halt toe aan de slachting en consumptie van <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a>. Het is even abnormaal als katten en honden eten: <a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/nl/ban_octopus_farming_loc/?cZOtncb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.avaaz.org/campaign/nl/b</span><span class="invisible">an_octopus_farming_loc/?cZOtncb</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/octopusintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopusintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stopoctopusfarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stopoctopusfarming</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Farming octopuses is unsustainable, inhumane, puts pressure on the ocean, and disrupts marine ecosystems.</p><p>Please sign the petition to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a> 🐙 in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GranCanaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GranCanaria</span></a>, Canary Islands.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BanOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NuevaPescanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuevaPescanova</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EndAnimalAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAnimalAg</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.drove.com/campaign/6202d5ca01cf365ea19492a3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">drove.com/campaign/6202d5ca01c</span><span class="invisible">f365ea19492a3</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>On this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WorldDayfortheEndofFishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldDayfortheEndofFishing</span></a>, groups across the globe are rallying together to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopOctopusFarming</span></a>. Demonstrations are being held near Spanish embassies and restaurants that serve <a href="https://mas.to/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>octopus</span></a> dishes.</p><p>Spanish company <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NuevaPescanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuevaPescanova</span></a> has invested €65 million to build the world's first commercial octopus farm in Gran Canaria. Another Spanish seafood company is also entering the race to develop <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OctopusFarming</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/BanOctopusFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanOctopusFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SaveOurSeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSeas</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SeeAnimalsAsIndividuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeeAnimalsAsIndividuals</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://plantbasedtreaty.org/octopus/?mc_cid=588d5db561&amp;mc_eid=d55f85aec6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plantbasedtreaty.org/octopus/?</span><span class="invisible">mc_cid=588d5db561&amp;mc_eid=d55f85aec6</span></a></p>