Petition to include cephalopods as protected species in the US

[GavanMCooke]

The attached petition was sent to the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC) mailing list yesterday. I am not an author or part of this but I thought the community would be interested to read it and be aware of it. As far as I can ascertain any changes to their protected status would only be in a research setting and would bring the US into line with a large part of the global research community which already protects cephalopods in research. There was a huge panic when the EU protected them but in reality, research still goes on, it is just more mindful and more ethical now with genuine oversight.

Cheers,

Gav

 

[tonmo]

Thanks for this. @octobot just picked up a story on it as well:

[Biology & Species] - Petition aims to extend research animal protections in the US

From Lethbridge News: It asks the National Institute of Health (NIH) to include cephalopods – octopus, squid and cuttlefish – among the animals entitled to humane treatment by ... Continue reading...

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