Toxic Salmon
Did you know that the toxic salmon industry harms, abuses and even kills our native seals?
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SEAL ABUSE BY TASMANIAN TOXIC SALMON INDUSTRY FUN SEAL FACTS
Two species of seal breed on Tasmanian shores: The Australian fur seal and Long-nosed fur seal. At least 4 other species visit Tassie coastline.Seals are closely related to dogs and bears – these animals share a similar set of carnivore teeth. Seals can range from a tiny 1m long 45kg Galapagos seal, to a 5m long, 4 tonne Elephant seal! That’s the equivalent of an Asian elephant or a flatbed truck.Seals can sleep underwater! A mumma seal’s milk for her pup is approximately 50% fat. This means the pups gain about 2kg a day and are very buoyant.Southern elephant seals, which feed in the cold sub-Antarctic waters, can dive to 1800m for half an hour or more!All seals have amazing physiological adaptations to prevent them getting the bends when resurfacing from long hauls down deep.
SEAL ABUSE BY TASMANIAN TOXIC SALMON INDUSTRY SEAL ABUSE IN TASMANIA
Seal ‘crackers’ used by the salmon industry are underwater bombs designed to scare away seals. They detonate at over 200dB and ear drums burst at 160dB.Not only would this be excruciating to seals and fish nearby but it is also extremely disruptive to cetaceans like whales and dolphins who rely on echolocation. Between 2018 and 2021, 75,339 deafening seal bombs were detonated against seals at salmon farms. In the same period, 3,962 beanbags containing lead shot were fired, and a large number of distressing injuries and deaths were reported. Right to Information documents revealed incidences of seals being held in a pen with no food, water or haul out for up to 2 weeks. One incident of 20 trapped seals prompted an animal welfare investigation that was mysteriously dropped by the Tasmanian government.
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