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Re:The shrimp welfare project by theonething on Monday November 18, 2024 @02:15PM (#42175842)
For babies and mentally disabled people, we absolutely know beyond any doubt that they are capable of feeling pain, intense, blood curdling pain.

I don't think we can say the same of shrimp.

That's why humane killing of cattle (with piston guns to the head) is widely practiced, but nothing of the sort for crabs, oysters, etc. We know for sure cattle feel pain so we do something about it.

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Re:The shrimp welfare project by BenthamsBulldog on Monday November 18, 2024 @07:46PM (#42178994)
Sure but if we're not sure then the possible infliction of huge amounts of horrendous suffering on trillions of them is quite serious. If there's even a 5% chance that shrimp feel pain as intensely as humans, the SWP is an excellent bet.
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