Elena Lara, PhD

Marine biologist working in Compassion in World Farming. Studying Planetary Health. Views expressed here are my own.

[Elena Lara, PhD @elarabcn]

Do you wanna know more about the ethical, welfare and environmental issues related to Octopus farming? Grateful for the opportunity to talk about these amazing animals and the horrible idea to farm them! @humaneleagueuk
@ciwf
https://t.co/C6fe2xhnAh.

[Compassion in World Farming International @CIWF_Global]

Did you know that governments worldwide have spent at least €13.3 million of public money on octopus farming? 🐙💰 And Spain has spent the most. Octopus farming is both cruel and unsustainable and must be stopped.
Read more: https://t.co/rlu1ftoHES
#StopOctopusFarming #EndIt

[Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf]

Nine-year-old Lily is taking on an amazing challenge to support our campaign to stop the world’s first commercial octopus farm. 🐙🌊

In May she will be swimming 2km in the notoriously difficult conditions of the Atlantic Ocean! 🏊‍♀️

Find out more: https://t.co/G6BjtDs52T

[Antonio Turiel @amturiel]

Cataluña tiene más cerdos que ciudadanos y 856 macrogranjas que consumen millones de litros de agua https://t.co/vTrOn3z79q

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

35,000 evacuated in British Columbia
30,000 more on evacuation alert
20,000 in Yellowknife evacuated
26,000 evacuated in Spain.
Historic heat, historic floods, historic wildfires.

How many more signs do we need before we #ActOnClimate?

#climate #wildfires

[Elena Lara, PhD @elarabcn]

Honoured to be interviewed and quoted in this excellent article. #BanOctopusFarming

[Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf]

"We have put very intelligent animals in intensive farms that are now suffering. Let’s not do it again"

@elarabcn, our Research Manager, speaking to @ashifa_k at the @guardian.
https://t.co/3v1fxOgSI4

[India Bourke @india_bourke]

“We should stop all abuses, but if there is a chance to begin somewhere we should take it, rather than waiting for perfection.”

I spoke to philosopher Martha Nussbaum & others for this ⁦⁦@NewStatesman⁩ piece on plans to intensively farm octopus: https://t.co/EAPmdhiFLP

[Elena Lara, PhD @elarabcn]

Thanks to politicians like @FGuerreiroMEP, we can aim to do things better for animals and the environment. Octopus farming has no place in a truly sustainable aquaculture industry that takes into account the welfare of the animals involved. #StopOctopusFarming @ciwf

[UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics @UPF_CAE]

📢COMUNICADO UPF-CAE 📢
Sobre la cría industrial de pulpos en granjas

El Centro de Ética Animal de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra se opone a la cría industrial de pulpos que pretende realizar la empresa Nueva Pescanova en Gran Canaria.

[Antonio Turiel @amturiel]

Dejaremos morir los árboles que nos dan sombra en la dura y hormigonada ciudad para que unos pijos chapoteen mientras toman un mojito. Se agostarán las cosechas pero alguien hará un hoyo en uno. Perderemos, en fin, lo que nos sustenta, pero nos darán vidrios y papeles de colores.

[Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf]

Octopus farming must be stopped! 🐙✋

27 organisations have joined us to call on @theresecoffey to ensure products from octopus farms are not permitted in the UK.

We need to be ending factory farming - not finding new animals to exploit. 🐙

Read more: https://t.co/937KLrOQk8

[Arran De Mar @ArrandeMar]

🐙 @PescanovaCorp vol construir la primera #granja del món de cria de pops pel seu #consum a #LasPalmas. @elarabcn, de @ciwf, avisa dels riscos.

🗣️ "El #pop és un #animal solitari i territorial que no pot estar en situació de granja intensiva"
https://t.co/fCb6fJ8w9M

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

Happy #WorldAquaticAnimalDay! 🐟 🐙 🦀

On top of welfare issues, farming carnivores is wasteful. A sustainable food system should transition aquaculture to low-trophic species (seaweed, bivalves, etc).

Read @ciwf's report on rethinking EU aquaculture ⤵️https://t.co/ICYKnAwaf7

[Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf]

We should be ending factory farming, not finding new species to confine.

Alongside @Act4AnimalsEU we've exposed the cruel plans for the world’s first commercial #octopus farm. Read more: https://t.co/WCSSRpLvtE

#StopOctopusFarming

[Elena Lara, PhD @elarabcn]

Nuestro último trabajo en la Vanguardia 👇👇

[La Vanguardia @LaVanguardia]

🐙El proyecto prevé la cría de un millón de ejemplares anuales en el puerto de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Los animalistas no solo critican el proyecto, sino las prácticas propuestas por la empresa, "extremadamente preocupantes".

✍️ Raquel Sáez

https://t.co/T5BX28nNar

[Canarias Ahora @Cahora]

🐙🐙 Salen a la luz los detalles de la granja de pulpos de Gran Canaria: “Pretenden matarlos de manera lenta y cruel” #Canarias #MedioAmbiente
https://t.co/OyR1HTmWS1

[Elena Lara, PhD @elarabcn]

@Palomas_Alejand Gracias por difundir!

[Alejandro Palomas @Palomas_Alejand]

Hay que parar esto y hay que hacerlo ya.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This is the Japanese Puffer Fish - one of #nature's greatest artists. To grab a female’s attention he creates something that defies belief.

Nature is more amazing than we will ever know. Protect it in all its forms.

#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #rewilding #biodiversity