Will you be eeling it?

Is it a snake? Is it a fish? Or is it a snake-look-alike fish?
Well, it’s an eel – A delicacy, perfect for your Easter dinner OR…

The European eel was once a common fish, but over the last decades the population has declined with approximately 98 percent!

You can do something: Stop eating eels!
…and let these poor fellows do their thing -Reproduce in the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic, and swim more than 6.000 kilometers to the freshwaters of Europe.

Plastic for dinner

Microplastics, tiny pieces of plastic debris less than 5 mm in diameter, are everywhere in every ocean – from Bermuda to Iceland.
…And seabirds and other animals in the ocean are having it for dinner.

In the North Sea more than 95 % of the Northern Fulmar birds were found to have plastic debris in their guts. For many of these birds the result will be reproductive problems or death.

Moreover, fish and mussels are also eating microplastics and thereby passing on the toxic microplastics into the food chain, which might end up on your dinner table!

You can do something: Stop using personal care products (such as body scrubs, creams, soaps, toothpastes and cosmetic) containing Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and Nylon.

Or at least minimize it.

Read more at Beat the Micro Bead

Ripped off and put in cage

The winter is on its way to Europe so it is time to find a nice, warm and soft sweater. And what is softer than a sweater made of angora wool…?

Nothing really, BUT

…Angora wool comes from the Angora rabbit, which is a special breed of rabbits, where the fur grows continuously.

Every three months the fur is ripped off the rabbit while the rabbit is very much alive and screaming (yes, rabbits can scream and do you dare to hear it?).

Afterwards, the rabbit is put back into its cage, ripped off and all naked without straw and hay. Only waiting for its fur to grow back, and by then be ready to be ripped off again.

90 percent of all angora wool is obtained this way!

You can do something: Don’t buy clothes that contains angora wool.

…And if you cannot resist the soft angora wool then make sure that it isn’t made in China, but in UK.

Eaten out of the sea

A warm-blooded boney fish measuring 2 meters, weighing 250 kilograms and tasting sushi sashimi delicious – That’s a Bluefin tuna, an endangered species.

Since the 1950’s the population of Bluefin tuna has dropped by 97 percent! And that’s not all… Nowadays, sophisticated fishing techniques results in catch of turtles, sharks and dolphins which can be found in your canned tuna.

You can do something: Stop eating fresh tuna and only buy the blue MSC-certified products.

…And if you love sushi, make sure that you are eating skipjack tuna unless you don’t give a shit.

The story of the Bluefin tuna – the NGO way…

Kept in darkness and force-fed

In French Foie Gras literally means fatty liver.
 Starting as early as a few months old, the young Ducks are kept in dark sheds and force-fed with corn.

In a matter of few weeks, the Ducks become heavily overweight with their livers expanding up to 10 times their normal size. Due to the rapid expansion of the liver, the other organs are exposed to extreme pressure.

Foie Gras may be a delicacy, but just imagine if you were the one being force-fed.

You can do something: Stop eating Foie Gras.

…but if you’re addicted, just try to limit it.

As natural as a barbie doll

Tiger shrimps are actually not wild animals…

…they are farmed in areas which once were rainforest. The ponds they live in are injected with tons of antibiotics to make the Tiger shrimps grow faster and larger. This destroys the natural ecosystem and all living life of the rainforest.

You can do something: Stop eating Tiger shrimps!

Why you should keep Tiger shrimps off your plate…