Did you know that for every tonne of prawns caught in Australian Prawn Fisheries over three tonne of other animals are caught? These include coral, turtles and at least 3 species of endangered shark.
Could you imagine if for every cow that was killed, a horse, dog, and giant panda went along with it? I'm pretty sure the beef industry would have to look pretty hard at itself and its slaughter practices. But sharks are just fish, so who cares?
The reason this happens is the method of catching prawns. Instead of targeting the species they want, they just run a huge cage along the bottom of the ocean floor and scoop up everything that happens to be there. Its extremely inefficient and environmentally damaging.
We're all part of the same ecosystem, and this matters. So if you can't give up prawns all together, try to only buy farmed prawns.
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