Yersinia (the same family of bacteria which spread bubonic plague aka the Black Death) "spread by thermal delousing" on salmon farms https://t.co/bzxd40fHfl @vetinst_no @salmonfarming1
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 31, 2021
Fish Farming Expert reported (27 August 2021):
"We’ve heard a lot over the last year or so, viruses can mutate & occasionally the harmless form of ISA virus mutates into a pathogenic form which will cause the disease" admits the head vet @scotseafarms & chair of @SSPCA_Kirsteen https://t.co/Ga1RsQJJzO @LeroySeafood @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/I0wyD6ZwqZ
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 31, 2021
Dip in the Blue and Friends of Loch Creran published video footage of the Simon Princess Thermolicer operating in Loch Creran in July 2020.
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in June 2020:
Over half a million (522,702) farmed salmon died shocking deaths due to the Hydrolicer (269,674 deaths), Thermolicer (177,601 deaths) & Optilicer (75,427 deaths) https://t.co/ItJDnGHzdB @FergusEwingMSP @GreenerScotland @scotgp @markruskell @MairiGougeon @ProfCMDwyer @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/89o17zCUHD
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 10, 2020
Read a letter from Scottish Salmon Watch to Scottish Ministers (10 June 2020) online here
In October 2019, Scottish Salmon Watch published video footage of a Thermolicer operating at an RSPCA Assured Mowi salmon farm in Loch Leven.
Video Exclusive: drone footage of farmed fish being heated in a 'Thermolicer'. The Scottish salmon you see in supermarkets don't leap up waterfalls – they're crammed in lice-infested cages & then tortured in a cruel washing machine! https://t.co/tA2mlStYy4 @MowiScotlandLtd
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 9, 2019
Read more on thermal delousing via:
REVEALED: Over Half a Million Salmon Tortured to Death by De-Licers!
Stop Thermolicing Farmed Salmon to Death – Ban Heated Torture Chambers!
The National: "Scottish salmon farming tools 'break animal welfare rules'"
Media Backgrounder: The Welfare Case Against the Thermolicer, Hydrolicer & Optilicer
Sunday Times: "Scientist hits out at RSPCA for backing Scottish salmon farms"
RSPCA defends involvement in Scottish salmon farming
New Veterinary Science Papers Turn Up Heat on the Thermolicer
The Herald: "Scottish Government is urged to ban ‘painful’ salmon delicing tech"
Video Nasty: Thermolicer – the Heated Torture Chamber for Scottish Salmon
Meet Pop-Eye the Scottish Salmon – Tortured by an Optilicer!
Welfare Abuse at Scottish Salmon Farms – Why No Legal Enforcement Or Prosecutions?
Authorities mull over ban on thermal delousing
"Campaign group to file legal challenge against Scottish salmon farms’ use of Thermolicer"
Daily Mail: "Calls to ban salmon farms' lice treatment"
Letter to Scottish Ministers re. Welfare Abuses at Scottish Salmon Farms
Letter to the Cross-Party Group on Animal Welfare: Thermoliced to death
Study questions fish welfare in thermal delousing
Vet warns of head injury risk to fish during delousing
Thousands of fish poached alive in lice treatment bungle that could hit Christmas salmon prices
Fish farm firm kills 175000 salmon by accident
Revealed: how Scottish fish farm cooked thousands of salmon alive
REVEALED: Over Half a Million Salmon Tortured to Death by De-Licers! https://t.co/ItJDnGHzdB @marinescotland @FergusEwingMSP @scotgp @Animallawyersuk @MairiGougeon @ProfCMDwyer @MowiScotlandLtd @GriegShetland @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @rspcaassured @ciwf @onekindtweet pic.twitter.com/Rwj3HSkxfo
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 10, 2020