Posted by catinwater on July 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
Here’s a nice video sent to us by one of our readers, Brian Czarnik. Brian took the time to tell us a little more about how shrimp farming and our choices at the supermarket are affecting these spunky water-loving cats. Check it out, and maybe it will help take a load off the anxiety of … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on March 17, 2011 · 2 Comments
You’ve probably heard it a lot. Eating shrimp is bad for the environment. It’s quite possibly one of the most delicious and worst things you could eat coming from the sea. Trawling rakes up an astounding level of bycatch, as much as 50 percent of all waste fish caught by commercial fisheries, according to a … Read more
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