Mexico is home to the only operating octopus farm in the Western Hemisphere. Right now in Mexico, octopuses are being forced into tanks where more than half die before they ever reach slaughter. Inside octopus farms, they are confined together with no way to escape one another. Researchers report that the stress and aggression inside these tanks is so severe that octopuses attack each other. Arms are torn off. Fresh wounds are left untreated. Some animals are killed and parti
An octopus exploring the ocean, where every moment is freedom. In Spain’s Canary Islands, a company is planning to open the world’s first industrial octopus farm — where thousands of these intelligent, sensitive beings would be raised and killed for profit. Octopuses can solve puzzles, recognize people, and even experience boredom and frustration. In the ocean, an octopus spends her days exploring reefs and hiding in coral. But inside this farm, they would be trapped in cold
