An environmental leader demands that aquatic animals be considered sentient beings in Chile's new Fisheries Law

(From Santiago, Chile) A little over a month ago Ignacia Uribe, journalist, master in Animal Law and CEO of the Veg Foundation, which has been promoting 100% plant-based nutrition for 12 years, stood in front of the Fisheries Commission of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies and advocated for reducing the suffering of marine animals for human consumption - read fish, mollusks and crustaceans -, ensuring that they are “sentient” beings, many of them even with their own personality. “The truth is that fish are more than numbers and tons (...) Each of those fish is an individual with its personality, thoughts, interests and memory, there are shy and daring fish (...) they have learned to play football, to do tricks and use tools,” Uribe said on that occasion, according to a La Tercera article. Their arguments were taken up by deputy Jorge Brito (Frente Amplio), president of the Commission in question, who proposed weeks later an indication aimed at protecting sentient marine resources, a ...