RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon is a Welfare Nightmare - Don't Fall for the Scam!

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RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon is a Welfare Nightmare – Don't Fall for the Scam! https://t.co/RfEOzqcfM5
Please boycott ALL farmed salmon – including 'organic' @SoilAssociation, "responsibly sourced" @sainsburys & @rspcaassured https://t.co/FpKosacuJq @salmon_scottish @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/1xyrcNBjY3

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 25, 2021

Please take the pledge not to eat farmed salmon – even Scottish salmon marketed as 'organic', certified as 'environmentally friendly' by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council or as 'welfare friendly' via RSPCA Assured!

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021:

Download in full as a PDF online here

Have a stomach of steel & love disease-ridden farmed salmon? Then a new job as senior scientific officer @rspcaassured could be for you! https://t.co/8tBEbOTkcN @RSPCA_PATeam @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @RachRSPCA @ScotlandMowi @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish @GriegShetland pic.twitter.com/p6wVFRAhTs

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 27, 2021

Next month look out for "Greenwashing Scottish Salmon":

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in March 2021:

A new report – "Underwater Cages, Parasites & Dead Fish" – featuring welfare abuse on salmon farms is a must read! https://t.co/rwypa1sg8y
Stop salmon suffering by banning salmon farming in #Scotland NOW! @ciwf @onekindtweet @CIWF_EU @media_ciwf @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @scotgp pic.twitter.com/rDFDpGMYcz

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 23, 2021

Netflix's global hit 'Seaspiracy' quite literally lifts the lid on RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon:

Netflix's 'Seaspiracy' Exposes Disease-Ridden Scottish Salmon – As Sponsored by the RSPCA & Aquaculture Stewardship Council! https://t.co/NiySHYotBu @seaspiracy @rspcaassured @ScotlandMowi @ASC_aqua @vivacampaigns @Ecohustler @SSPOsays @iamalitabrizi @media_ciwf @philip_ciwf pic.twitter.com/32CcvHUUKH

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 31, 2021

Watch video footage shot by Scottish Salmon Watch during the same night as Seaspiracy visited Mowi's RSPCA Assured salmon farm in Loch Linnhe:

BBC Countryfile featured an RSPCA Assured salmon farm in Loch Creran in December 2020:

RSPCA claim they "did everything they reasonably could" with respect to welfare abuse @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @SSPOsays in Loch Creran @BBCCountryfile @joe_crowley https://t.co/G4dXeILsTk
Surely it is reasonable to question why @rspcaassured still certify salmon farms? pic.twitter.com/lfVVFa5GE8

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2020

26% mortality rate on Scottish salmon farms (in just the sea phase of production) – that means one in four RSPCA certified salmon are dying a horrible death! @rspcaassured @SSPOsays @marinescotland https://t.co/G4dXeILsTk @BBCCountryfile @joe_crowley @SalmonTroutCons @scotgp pic.twitter.com/4Nm8CV3fLA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2020

In October 2020, shocking video footage blew the RSPCA's claims of welfare-friendly Scottish salmon out of the water!

Why is welfare abuse on RSPCA Assured salmon farms tolerated?@CIWF_EU @vivacampaigns @onekindtweet @PETAUK @philip_ciwf @SSPCA_Mike @LynneUSneddon @Animallawyersuk @scotgp @FishEG4A @RSPCAChris @SSPCA_Kirsteen @strathearnrose https://t.co/4WLYM78FEp

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2020

Mowi's RSPCA Assured Scottish salmon from Loch Greshornish was exposed as a fraud via video footage and damning photos in the Summer of 2020:

RSPCA Assured Mowi Plagued by Mass Mortalities & Infectious Diseases https://t.co/vxZTjE37qA Boycott disease-ridden Scottish salmon treated with antibiotics @MowiScotlandLtd @rspcaassured @sainsburys @LidlGB @AldiUK Enteric Redmouth Disease (Yersiniosis) is like the Black Death! pic.twitter.com/Rry8Y5vFvq

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 27, 2020

In September 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch exposed welfare abuse at RSPCA Assured Kames Fish Farming in Loch Tralaig:

Secret Filming Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured Kames @kamesfishfarm @rspcaassured @MairiGougeon @APHAgovuk @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon @Animallawyersuk @SSPCA_Mike @SSPOsays @GreenerScotland @SaveOurLochs @andrholder @obantimes @strathearnrose https://t.co/Dtc6rSKG1L pic.twitter.com/7VEmiyUsUA

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) September 24, 2020

In April 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch called for a boycott of RSPCA Assured salmon farms.

Be Sure to Boycott RSPCA Assured Scottish Salmon! https://t.co/61yIroIUBp Shocking new photos published of Mowi's disease-ridden North Shore feedlot in Loch Erisort @marinescotland @MowiScotlandLtd "visibly moribund fish" & "significant lice damage" @sainsburys @rspcaassured pic.twitter.com/gjLaeqpcFz

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 7, 2020

Shocking photos of welfare abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farms published in February 2020 led to calls for the RSPCA to stop certifying salmon farms via RSPCA Assured.

Edie Bowles @Animallawyersuk said the dossier, compiled by Don Staniford, a critic of salmon farming, indicated “systemic and obvious” pain & suffering that could justify legal action against @scotgov @MairiGougeon @SSPOsays https://t.co/ZuzAis8gEr @SundayTimesScot @ciwf @scotgp pic.twitter.com/RPVIAL3KlS

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 2, 2020

As RSPCA 'VIPs' you have the power to stop suffering on salmon farms in Scotland – please tell the RSPCA executive to end certification of Scottish salmon! @rspcaassured https://t.co/oFC20taxzO @ChrisGPackham @brianblessed @BillOddie @DrBrianMay @PeterEgan6 @CarolineLucas #RSPCA pic.twitter.com/nYwOM5yTF6

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 5, 2020

Surely the RSPCA should send inspectors into salmon farms to stop suffering & cruelty rather than receive ££££££s via certification? @rspcaassured @RSPCA_Amy @RSPCA_official @RachRSPCA @RSPCA_LabAnimal @RSPCAChris @WainwrightChris @CarolineLDNvet https://t.co/oFC20taxzO #RSPCA pic.twitter.com/FN69jUfGwy

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 5, 2020