PETA Takes Aim At Live Seafood Restaurants (NSFV* VIDEO SLIDESHOW)

PETA Priority: Live Seafood Restaurants

PETA is now focusing their gaze on [New York's] octopus community... which some find quite delicious! The organization's David Perle tells us they're addressing disturbing practices they've found in Manhattan and Queens restaurants, and aim to stop the "chopping up or slowly steaming live octopuses and serving them while they're still conscious."

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They've penned some letters to the district attorneys of each jurisdiction, pointing out that octopuses can feel pain and the restaurants' practices violate the state's anti-cruelty statute.

There are further details on PETA's legal maneuverings at Gothamist.

What is this eating live seafood business about? We've compiled a series of brief videos from around the world, below, to demonstrate. Captions are from the video-posters themselves. Check them out, but warning: not for the squeamish. It should also be noted that HuffPost Food maintains no position on the practice.

(* Vegetarians.)

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