Protect Horseshoe Crabs 🦀

#HorseshoeCrabs are one of the most ancient #species on the planet: They've been here since before there were dinosaurs. But in the blink of an eye — in the past three decades — their #populations have crashed. #CommercialFishers chop them up for bait, and the #BiomedicalIndustry drains them of their blood for #MedicalTesting (even though safer synthetic alternatives are available).

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Two arrested during tense protest at wharf where contentious N.S. fishery underway
Police say a group of about 30 people were protesting at a fishing wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia when a fight broke out and two men were arrested.
#globalnews #Canada #assaults #commercialfishers #fishingwharf
https://globalnews.ca/news/9951139/two-arrested-assault-fishing-wharf-southwestern-nova-scotia/

Two arrested during tense protest at wharf where contentious N.S. fishery underway
Police say a group of about 30 people were protesting at a fishing wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia when a fight broke out and two men were arrested.
#globalnews #Canada #assaults #commercialfishers #fishingwharf
https://globalnews.ca/news/9951139/two-arrested-assault-fishing-wharf-southwestern-nova-scotia/