"On the surface the idea of farming salmon seems a good one but beneath the surface it's a grim apocalypse fuelled by power and profits" (Chris Packham & Megan McCubbin in their new book 'Back to Nature') @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin @TwoRoadsBooks https://t.co/a1BJhLeC1P pic.twitter.com/V3mwP9Q7ke
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 10, 2020
If you're wondering what to give RSPCA members and the naughty boys and girls behind RSPCA Assured (Freedom Food) this Xmas, look no further than the new book – "Back to Nature" – by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin.
"Grotesquely disfigured by raw lesions; you wouldn't want these poor creatures on your plate" write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin in 'Back to Nature' calling salmon farming "an ugly & unacceptable welfare issue". So why does @rspcaassured still certify 70% of Scottish salmon? pic.twitter.com/aUhNvagvct
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
There are 500,000 reasons why @RSPCAChris thinks it's OK to certify salmon farms as welfare-friendly https://t.co/UAxOOow8dp pic.twitter.com/eh43LRsVhk
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 7, 2020
It is indeed . Please read the book I recently wrote with @MeganMcCubbin where we confront the horrors of salmon farming head on .
— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) December 8, 2020
Please read the whole book – it will make an excellent Xmas present but may give younger readers nightmares!
Got our beautiful hardback copy in the post yesterday and our 7 year old daughter is loving it. The section on salmon farming will give her nightmares though! https://t.co/a1BJhLeC1P @TwoRoadsBooks pic.twitter.com/AAewS02E3r
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 10, 2020
"There are concerns about human health when so-called 'pharmed' salmon is eaten" write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin https://t.co/XUcA8JtqeT
"A scientific paper reported that Scottish farmed salmon was the most contaminated in terms of cancer-causing chemicals such as PCBs" pic.twitter.com/zfzObftAEw— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
"Without the addition of artificial colouring such as Canthaxanthin, 'pharmed' salmon would be a greasy grey in colour – not so appealing – so it's essentially given a fake tan" write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin in Back to Nature https://t.co/XUcA8JtqeT@DSM @Roche @SSPOsays pic.twitter.com/gy2gxPhJwy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
Wild salmon and salmon farming are dealt with in nine pages including:
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"Think about intensive battery chicken farming, only with fish & a direct line with our marine environment," write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin "Imagine this was on land; imagine if our cattle were covered in parasites & dropping dead in fields – it would never be tolerated" pic.twitter.com/2tziTqamFP
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
"Megs went to Scotland to see some seals" write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin in Back to Nature. "They were lying on beaches adjacent to salmon farming operations, not resting after a hard day's fishing – no, they had bullet holes in their heads" https://t.co/XUcA8JtqeT #Seals pic.twitter.com/ngsbRpt0GR
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
"Money talks" write @ChrisGPackham & @MeganMcCubbin in Back to Nature @TwoRoadsBooks "In regard to this industry, it's shouting very loudly"https://t.co/XUcA8JtqeT
Why is @rspcaassured still accepting £500K+ in blood money? @SSPOsays @MowiScotlandLtd @scotseafarms @onekindtweet pic.twitter.com/35kXSvApht— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 16, 2020
Buy "Back to Nature: How to Love Life & Save It" online here
Acoustic deterrent devices in the water can reach levels of up to 180 decibels or more, which deafens surrounding wildlife and alters their behaviour and sensory capabilities. Sing the petition below to ban ADD's!https://t.co/JfOuJQYYD6
— Megan McCubbin (@MeganMcCubbin) September 2, 2018
Let's bring an end to the shooting of seals in Scotland by only sourcing salmon from farms that use safe, alternative seal deterrent methods . . . @LushTimesEN https://t.co/OAF7y7wuDq
— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) August 31, 2018
The RSPCA's certification of factory farmed salmon as "welfare-friendly" via RSPCA Assured is controversial to say the least.
Will you be having RSPCA Assured, high welfare, Scottish Salmon this Christmas? From the clear waters of Scottish Lochs.@rspcaassured@scotseafarms@marinescotland@ScottishEPA @scotgp @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin @MaggieTweettwoo @TheGAAIA pic.twitter.com/09AS1YujFd
— Andrew Holder (@andrholder) December 12, 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
Chris Packham Tweeted in February 2020 that "Open cage salmon farming is fraught with very serious issues and clearly needs reform/regulation/cessation" and pledged that he was urgently liaising with the RSPCA to develop a new position.
Has your urgent liaison with @RSPCAChris developed a new position on salmon farming yet? How can RSPCA Assured farmed salmon be marketed this Xmas as a "higher welfare celebration" when welfare abuse is rampant on @rspcaassured salmon farms? https://t.co/z5g8VWIklm pic.twitter.com/vPKiQ3Od3O
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 15, 2020
Dear @ChrisGPackham – do you approve of salmon farming?
Open letter to the @RSPCA_official calls for an end to the @rspcaassured certification of Scottish salmon –https://t.co/KeVZaH0NBC @onekindtweet @TheGAAIA @philip_ciwf @RebelsAnimal @Animal_Watch @Team4Nature
— Ecohustler (@Ecohustler) February 7, 2020
Read more via: "Letter to the RSPCA – Please Stop Certifying Scottish Salmon!"
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
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
Do you seriously think @rspcaassured promotes high standards of animal welfare? Photographic evidence from your farms supports the view that salmon farming is a welfare nightmare @onekindtweet @SalmonFeedlots @SSPOsays @HamishMacdonell @FergusEwingMSP @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/IcW56da6lh
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 9, 2020
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 video footage of lice-infested salmon farmed by RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms (sold by @marksandspencer) in Loch Creran https://t.co/C1nZSMKcb6 @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @ProfCMDwyer @MairiGougeon
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2020
Video Exposes Welfare Abuse at RSPCA Assured salmon farm sourced by M&S 'Lochmuir' https://t.co/mudjozjz04 @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @scotseafarms @SSPOsays @SalmonTroutCons @FFFTmag @marksandspencer @onekindtweet @CIWF_EU @SSPCA_Kirsteen @RSPCAChris pic.twitter.com/gmfFB2xykD
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 31, 2020
RSPCA suspend salmon farm in-person inspections in favour of WhatsApp, Google Meet & Google Hangout! https://t.co/utN4DXzstt @rspcaassured @RSPCAChris @RachRSPCA @RSPCA_Frontline "Contactless assessments" by mutual agreement on 1 June. "Physical visits are not mandatory" pic.twitter.com/6mYeRw96GH
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 30, 2020
In 2017, a report by Salmon & Trout Conservation Scotland lifted the lid on RSPCA Assured salmon:
UPDATE:
Chris Packham on Radio Scotland "maybe getting rid of those highly polluting, nasty salmon farms would be a good start"@TheGAAIA@SSPOSays @scotseafarms @MowiScotlandLtd @rspcaassured @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @nature_scot pic.twitter.com/Nt37q7XW4V
— Andrew Holder (@andrholder) November 4, 2021