The parliamentary committee considered a petition to ban the sale of live fish in Poland

Published Mar 4, 2021

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A Polish parliamentary committee is considering a petition to ban the sale of live fish, particularly carp, due to concerns about animal welfare. The petition argues that keeping fish in poor conditions during transport and sale constitutes animal abuse. Despite some hypermarkets stopping the sale of live carp, they continue to allow parking lots for breeders, which are used for the sale of live fish. The petition will now be forwarded to the minister of agriculture.

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The parliamentary committee considered a petition to ban the sale of live fish in Poland. It was brought to the Sejm in July 2020 by a natural person. The desideratum will go to the minister of agriculture. In the opinion of the petitioner, "it cannot be morally permissible to cruelly treat or even torture these animals". "So why do supermarkets still offer live carp for sale? We don't usually buy live chicken, salmon or shrimp in stores. So why not start by completely eliminating live (again, live) carp from hypermarkets where they are kept in terrible conditions stuffed on top of each other in tight containers of dirty water, "the petitioner asks. He argues that "carp (and fish in general) are sentient creatures, capable of suffering, and therefore, in accordance with the Polish Act on the Protection of Animals, they also deserve respect and protection on the part of humans and the recognition that keeping carp in inappropriate conditions in during their sale and transport, it ...

Source: AgroPolska