Senators from opposite ends of the political spectrum are pushing to outlaw commercial octopus farming across the United States, citing animal welfare concerns and the risk that industrial-scale ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday signed a bill into law to ban the farming of octopuses and farmed octopus sales. Under AB 3162, also known as the California Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act, authored ...

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With the backing of animal welfare NGOs, a Mexico lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ban octopus farming in Mexico.

A New York lawmaker is pushing legislation that would prohibit the sale of farm-raised octopus, citing environmental and animal welfare concerns. Albany, NY – New York lawmakers are considering new ...

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Commercial octopus farming and farmed-raised octopus meat imports would be banned under bipartisan legislation from Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Lisa Murkowski. The Rhode Island Democrat and the ...

Octopuses are capable of sophisticated tasks, from solving puzzles to decorating their dens to remembering people's faces. So when a company in Spain announced that it wanted to commercially farm ...