Norwegian institute casts doubts on salmon welfare under thermal de-lousing https://t.co/jTcZixlWT2 @Animallawyersuk @marinescotland @CIWF_EU @philip_ciwf @rspcaassured @SSPCA_Mike @SSPOsays @InfoMattilsynet @onekindtweet @scotgp @LynneUSneddon
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 27, 2020
Undercurrent News reported (27 October 2020):
The Norwegian Veterinary Institute reported (21 October 2020):
Download the scientific paper online here
More torture chambers for farmed salmon are in the pipeline. Fish Farming Expert reported (2 November 2020):
REVEALED: Over Half a Million Salmon Tortured to Death by De-Licers!
Stop Thermolicing Farmed Salmon to Death – Ban Heated Torture Chambers!
Media Backgrounder: The Welfare Case Against the Thermolicer, Hydrolicer & Optilicer
The National: "Scottish salmon farming tools 'break animal welfare rules'"
Photo Dossier of Diseased, Deformed & Abused Scottish Salmon
New Veterinary Science Papers Turn Up Heat on the Thermolicer
Sunday Times: "RSPCA paid over £500,000 to back Scottish salmon industry"
Open letter to the RSPCA calls for an end to the certification of Scottish salmon
Sunday Times: "Scientist hits out at RSPCA for backing Scottish salmon farms"
RSPCA defends involvement in Scottish salmon farming
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
More background on welfare abuse on salmon farms via:
Watch a video of a Hydrolicer in action from Corin Smith at Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots:
We worked with @LynneUSneddon and @TheGAAIA to challenge the use of high suffering thermal treatments on salmon in Scotland. Norway was looked to as a country that was phasing them out, it is disappointing to see this has now changed and they will continue to use them #fish https://t.co/mPHSrDLBhO
— Advocates for Animals (@Animallawyersuk) April 20, 2021
The Norwegian Animal Welfare Alliance have condemned the decision to give thermal delousing the all clear https://t.co/SadI8RHOGd and https://t.co/xMDmGC4nMM @suslyb @antonkrag @InfoMattilsynet @GreenerScotland @ScotlandMowi @SSPOsays @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms @salmon_scottish
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 20, 2021