We filmed Loch Spelve fish farm yesterday. Not a seal in sight. A lot of dead fish though. Distressing. @TheGAAIA @FergusEwingSNP @NicolaSturgeon @scotseafarms @marinescotland @ScottishEPA @rspcaassured @marksandspencer
Loch Spelve Salmon https://t.co/FjSNsJdLV1 via @YouTube— Maggie Brotherston (@MaggieTweettwoo) May 17, 2021
Video footage shot yesterday (16 May 2021) by Dip In the Blue at a salmon farm in Loch Spelve – suspended just last week by RSPCA Assured following damning video footage of welfare abuse shot inside the cages – shows diseased salmon being lifted out of the cages into mort bins by workers. The salmon farm in question is operated by Norwegian-owned Norskott Habvruk – a site which pioneered 'Lochmuir' salmon marketed by Marks & Spencer since 2006 (but believed to have been phased out following negative media attention).
Video footage of RSPCA Assured mortalities – dead & diseased 'Lochmuir' salmon supplied to M&S – from Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in Loch Spelvehttps://t.co/iKDIB44gBr@rspcaassured @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @LeroySeafood @SSPOsays @APHAgovuk @marinescotland pic.twitter.com/khGKy6PFHL
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 17, 2021
A week on. Don't know if they've been inspected yet or not.https://t.co/NwpFe5Exr3 pic.twitter.com/5Jtu4g27hO
— Andrew Holder (@andrholder) May 17, 2021
Watch the video footage from the Loch Spelve salmon farm shot by Scottish Salmon Watch on 7 May 2021:
The Herald On Sunday reported yesterday (16 May 2021):
"A Scots salmon farm operated by a firm that is an exclusive supplier to M&S has had its RSPCA Assured status suspended after an investigation was launched into a welfare complaint" https://t.co/7vheeD8g97 @marksandspencer @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @heraldscotland @LeroySeafood
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 16, 2021
Here's the newspaper version via Press Reader:
Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended" @Martin1Williams @heraldscotland @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @SSPCA_Kirsteen @SSPCA_Mike @LeroySeafood @marksandspencer @LucyWeather @XantheClay https://t.co/rXwpLUsB8G pic.twitter.com/LMHhUPlKuM
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 16, 2021
Fish Farmer reported (14 May 2021):
A spokesperson for RSPCA Assured said: “We are very concerned by some of this footage and have suspended the farm whilst we urgently investigate” @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @APHAgovuk @marinescotland @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @SSPCA_Mike @ciwf https://t.co/55rqvU9n4R pic.twitter.com/ajRqyWUuh7
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 14, 2021
Scottish Sea Farms Tweeted that welfare inspectors visited Loch Spelve on Friday (14 May 2021):
How do you protect the mental health of the millions of farmed salmon which you torture and kill each year?https://t.co/09F4GAJe9u @LeroySeafood @Folketrygdfond @SSPCA_Kirsteen @SSPCA_Mike @RSPCAChris @RSPCA_official @ChrisGPackham @onekindtweet @ciwf @PETAUK @Animallawyersuk pic.twitter.com/c0oIWCiYFY
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 17, 2021
Download high resolution photos taken on 7 May 2021 at the RSPCA Assured salmon farm operated by Norskott Havbruk (Scottish Sea Farms) in Loch Spelve on the Isle of Mull – online here:
Inside Scottish Salmon Feedlots reported (15 May 2021):
Read more via:
- Herald On Sunday: "Scottish M&S supplier blames seals for salmon wounds as RSPCA Assured status is suspended"
- RSPCA Suspends Spelve Salmon Farm & 'Urgently Investigates' M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms!
- RSPCA Sponsored Seal Killing Continues Despite US Ban?
- Secret Filming Exposes RSPCA ‘Abused’ Scottish Salmon – Welfare Complaint Filed Against M&S Supplier Scottish Sea Farms
If a rambler took footage of farmers disposing of dead livestock would that be "unfair"? Surely the public has a right to know how farmed animals reach our plates? What about the damage to animal health? @animal_equality @PETAUK @Animallawyersuk @HSIGlobal @onekindtweet @ciwf pic.twitter.com/7JKdsHAjeB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) May 17, 2021