
Why I am disgusted by the human species.
Speciesism Part 2: Marine Life
It is estimated that up to 3 trillion fish are caught from the wild & killed globally every year: This doesn’t include the billions of fish that are farmed. Fish account for 40% of animal products consumed




Despite a moratorium on commercial whaling and a ban on international trade of whale products, three countries-Iceland, Japan, and Norway—continue their commercial whale hunts.
16,000 whales have been murdered every year for 83 consecutive years.

Despite citing “scientific research” as a Reason for Capture, no data is ever published by reputable scientific journals.
Image: Mother and baby

With over 300,000 small whales, dolphins, and porpoises dying each year from entanglement in fishing nets, bycatch is causing one death every two minutes. It is the single-largest cause of mortality for small cetaceans.

100s of 1000s of these ancient reptiles are caught each year as bycatch. The sea turtle population has now 6 of the 7 marine turtle species currently categorized as "Vulnerable," "Endangered" or "Critically Endangered" globally by the IUCN Red List.

Despite enhanced protection against the gill plate trade, all rays are still being killed in their thousands, and devil rays in their tens of thousands, as victims of bycatch in high seas fisheries.

Approximately 100 million sharks are killed globally each year & one of the major incentives for this is the shark fin trade.


Go vegan and learn to cherish all of these wonderful creatures.
Awareness is everything #oceans #BiodiversityCrisis #GoVegan

10 Ocean Plastic Pollution Facts
— Gina Bates (@hilltopgina) January 10, 2021
1. At least 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. pic.twitter.com/7mkCXCmzD0